Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

to make sure that we could negotiate a better rate. And then after discussions with the NFF, the VFF, farmers in the Northern Territory and the tourism accommodation sector, everybody agreed on a 19 per cent rate. Not only was the 19 per cent rate fair; a 19 per cent rate also reflected something that was saleable to Australian workers working in the same field. And now we have this ridiculous proposition: the member for Maribyrnong is going to punish Australian workers by having somebody working beside them on a half to a third of the tax rate doing exactly the same job. The member for Maribyrnong believes that Alberto from Milano, when he goes to work in a pub in Dorrigo and after he has had a torrid six months surfing, comes back, does exactly the same job as Brad from Bostobrick. The trouble is that Brad from Bostobrick is on twice the tax rate annualised over the year and, for the period of time he is there, he could be on three times. What do you say to those Australian workers when they know that they are being done over by you; and where are you getting your economic advice from? Senator Jacquie Lambie.

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