Agriculture and mining behind high ‘standard of living’: Barnaby’s reality check for Labor

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Agriculture and mining behind high ‘standard of living’: Barnaby’s reality check for Labor
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Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce says the reason Australia has a high “standard of living” is due to the extensive export of beef, coal, cotton, and iron ore.

“That allows us to pay for the NDIS, sustains our GDP, your health, your security, your defence,”

Mr Joyce told Sky News host Caleb Bond.“We have to become as strong as possible as quickly as possible”

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