Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President. I refer to Don. Don is a veteran volunteer firefighter of over 50 years. For 50 years he has served the people of Victoria, and this is what he had to say:

We just don't want to be interfered with - we are volunteers …

That is what we on this side of the chamber are going to side with—the people like Don who have stood up for 50 years and served the people of Victoria.

Obviously, the Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten, a Victorian MP—where is he in relation to this issue? He did not even go to Victoria during the election campaign, because he did not want to front the 60,000 volunteers and tell them—