Greens take a bow after stealing backpacker tax show

Colin Bettles
Updated January 2 2017 - 8:45pm, first published 3:10pm
Labor's shadow agriculture minister Joel Fitzgibbon.
Labor's shadow agriculture minister Joel Fitzgibbon.

POLITICAL heroes are often as difficult to find in Canberra as detecting soil moisture during droughts and sadly lacking when needed most, to step up and show leadership to fight the good fight for those they were elected to represent, including the vulnerable.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

Canberra Bureau Chief

Has been the Canberra Bureau Chief for Fairfax Agricultural Media since 2010 - survived the hung parliament - former media manager at Western Australian Cricket Association now covering national agricultural and rural issues in federal politics.

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