Bob Katter (Kennedy, Katter's Australian Party) Share this | Hansard source

I wanted to mention Townsville and the northern beaches area. On the first day, when I was working on sandbagging, there was a lady who was 66 years of age—I hope she doesn't mind me mentioning that—working on one side of me and two 13-year-old kids working on the other side of me. The rest of them were miners on rostered weeks off. They worked there all day long; there was about a quarter of an acre covered in sandbags. I found it very inspirational. I congratulate and back up the member for Dawson and the member for Herbert.

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