Ian Causley (Page, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

We did not hand out any. The member for New England is trying to grandstand on this and play some politics. Let me put it in some perspective: he wants to stand Independent candidates in some of these seats. That is what it is about.

These issues are state issues. I wish the member for Parramatta had stayed and listened and got a little background on some of this. Have a look at milk quotas, which were bought and sold on the open market and were a property right as far as I am concerned. If we have a look at water that has been allocated, obviously a property with water is worth a lot more than a property without water. There is no doubt about that. It is a property right. When it comes down to the state, the state have refused to accept that there should be compensation for a property right. Why? They thought they might leave themselves open to litigation. So they fall back to the federal government and say: ‘You fix it. You do something about it.’ The state have to take some responsibility here. I agree with the member for O’Connor, who talked about just terms compensation. When in government in New South Wales we brought in just terms compensation, but this government—

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