Joel Fitzgibbon - The World is Moving While Australia Stands Still

The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon is Member for Hunter & Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources. After watching his regional seat in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley come very close to a Labor loss, Joel Fitzgibbon has challenged his Labor colleagues to reassess the reasons they lost the 2019 election, raising the issue of Labor's large drop in votes his Hunter Valley electorate where coal is important to voters jobs and standard of living. As debate over energy and climate change energise inner city electorates, Fitzgibbon wants more discussion on how regional centres can be listened to. On Wednesday 9 October 2019, Joel Fitzgibbon addressed The Sydney Institute to argue his challenge more fully.