Tuesday, 31 March 2026

 Wayne FARNHAM (Narracan) (13:15): I would like to take this opportunity to give a big shout-out to Craig Debnam and the entire team at Farm World 2026. It was the 59th year of Farm World, with more than 450 exhibitors and over 750 brands. It was an absolutely fantastic three days out there. This year they had something a little bit different. We had the inaugural Pollie Tractor Challenge out there this year, and it was a great pleasure to take part in this. The Nationals and the Liberals turned up to it. We did not see Labor there, but that is not unusual in regional Victoria – they generally go missing in regional Victoria. We hardly saw them at all for the whole weekend. I will say we had a small win there, the Liberal Party: I managed to beat the Leader of the Nationals, the member for Gippsland South, in the tractor challenge, and I was very, very happy with myself.

While I was out there I spoke to hundreds and hundreds of people over the weekend, and what was the biggest issue they brought up with me: ‘Where did the $15 billion go? Where has the $15 billion gone?’ While we struggle in regional Victoria, nobody can tell us where the $15 billion has gone. We have got farmers struggling, our roads have gone to absolute ruin and they just want answers. Victorians deserve it.