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

I'm only too happy to answer the honourable member's question. Within the coalition and within The Nationals, we diligently went through the process, as we've always said, to make sure that it was something that looked after people in regional areas. One of the big things we were looking for when we did that—because it was incredibly important that we checked and went through it—was to make absolutely certain that there was no legislation in there that enforced things, because we don't believe in penalties.

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