Tanya Plibersek says politicians should not be 'playing Australian off against Australian' over Adani's proposed Carmichael mine. 9News
"They're more interested in Green voters in inner-city areas in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, than they are in workers out in Western and Central Queensland," he told 2GB Radio on Thursday.
"We don't open schools in Brisbane, we don't pay the wages of staff at our hospitals in Queensland without the royalties from mining."
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