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

Yet this is another example of the character of the person who wishes to be the future Prime Minister of Australia. It shows yet another example of how we cannot trust the Leader of the Opposition. It shows us yet another example of his lubricious, vexatious form of politics. He does it with a swarmy smile on his face. He thinks it is all a big joke. He thinks it is all a big joke, like what they did to the live cattle trade. One big joke is probably what they are going to do to the horticultural industry. This is the contemptuous approach of the Labor Party. When they talk about it it is all about a number. They say it must be a number. I can tell you what you have moved. You have moved from 10½ per cent to 13 per cent—that is, 2½ per cent. We have moved from 32½ per cent to 15 per cent—17½ per cent. Yet all the time all you try to do is destroy. You are a wrecker. You want to destroy. You are not worthy of the highest office. You completely and utterly mislead this House time and time and time again. Well the Australian people are watching you with your swarmy looks, your swarmy little press conferences and your smile. It is all just a joke. It does not matter. It is just other peoples' jobs. And at the heart of this, what is it? What does he stand behind? He stands behind having a worse rate for Australian workers—

Ms Catherine King interjecting—

Australian workers actually discriminated against—

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