Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House) | Hansard source

Celebrate those industries. I remind you all that country Australia, regional Australia, is the backbone of this nation. We export everything. We are the electorates and the parts of Australia that sell everything. So thank us; don't demonise us like you do. Don't demonise regional Australia. Don't demonise coal workers, don't demonise gas workers and don't demonise farmers, as you do, with the way they farm and what they do.

Actually, Deputy Speaker Swanson, I'll give you a shout-out because I'd say you're one of the few Labor MPs who know what I'm saying, and you do respect it. You respect the coal industry, you respect the gas industry, you respect iron ore and you respect food. I know that you have a bit of a battle sometimes with some of your inner-city, wokey, leftie caucus members, who don't support those industries. So good on you. I know you agree with everything I've said, being a regional MP and supporting that wonderful backbone.

I'm running out of time, but I just want to make some comparisons. In the UK FTA, we got 170,000 tonnes of beef. The EU deal—35,000 tonnes. In the UK FTA, we got 220,000 tonnes of sugar. The EU deal—45,000 tonnes. One hundred and twenty-five thousand tonnes of lamb—shocking deal! (Time expired)

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