Madeleine King (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

It is the largest project of its kind in the country and the largest manufacturing investment in Australia's history.

I'm asked about other alternatives, and I'm asked about the issues that may arise. The answer is that the threats to regional Australia are those opposite. As I mentioned before, only one member of the Nationals spoke on the NAIF bill. Another former leader of the National Party—again, there are three of them here—was the member for New England. He urged the new Leader of the Nationals, Senator Canavan, to push out the member for Capricornia so he could take up his rightful place as the Deputy Prime Minister in this chamber. Have you ever seen such entitlement from a bunch of agrarian socialists? Well, here they all are—three of the former leaders are sitting here. We'll get on with the job. (Time expired)

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