Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon dismisses Parliamentary Friends of Coal Exports as Fitzgibbon and Swanson join

By Phoebe Moloney
Updated August 4 2019 - 9:37pm, first published 7:00am
"STUNT": Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon has labelled a parliamentary friendship group for coal exports as childish. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
"STUNT": Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon has labelled a parliamentary friendship group for coal exports as childish. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

The federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon has described a Parliamentary Friends of Coal Exports group as "childish" and "another little stunt" by Liberal MP Craig Kelly. Meanwhile Labor MP for the Hunter Joel Fitzgibbon has offered to co-chair the group, and Paterson MP Meryl Swanson has joined the bi-partisan clan.

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