Bob Katter talks about Supermarket Bill in parliament. Footage is from Australian Parliament.
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00:00 I mean, 15 inquiries in 30 years.
00:04 There were two of them going at the same time two months ago.
00:08 Two inquiries.
00:10 Every time the issue is raised, we have an inquiry.
00:13 And to quote the great Winston Churchill, if you simply must do it and you cannot do
00:18 it, then of course you must have an inquiry.
00:21 The wider the terms of the inquiry, the less likely it is to hit a target, he also said.
00:26 So we have inquiry after inquiry because you haven't got the courage to do what needs to
00:32 be done.
00:33 Let us just take the humble potato.
00:36 Let us just take the humble potato.
00:38 The most elementary, the most elementary of foods, right?
00:43 And here we go.
00:44 Here we go.
00:45 Here we go.
00:46 The price paid to the farmer was 45.
00:48 I'd like to remind the member for Kennedy that it's been protocol in this place that
00:52 we don't use props.
00:54 So ask him to please.
00:55 Please ask the member for Kennedy to put the prop down.
00:59 In that case, Mr Speaker, the markup here, that's Woolworths markup, it says $4.50.
01:09 The farmer got paid between 40 and 50 cents.
01:13 So he got paid 45 and they charged $4.50.
01:18 800% markup on a humble potato.
01:22 And you blokes who know nothing about it.
01:23 They know nothing about it.
01:26 But you know, over a third of the people now voting for us.
01:29 And you know why they're voting for us?
01:31 Because we're moving legislation to do something about it.
01:36 That's why.
01:37 So we might have a lot of diverse views, but at least we have the courage to act.
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