Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

And I am pleased at the extent of the collaboration with the member for Riverina that has been suggested by the member for Kennedy about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan! But the government will not be supporting this. The government has been in discussions in good faith about getting bills through the House today that need to be returned from the Senate. That is why we will deal with these issues first thing tomorrow, as with other issues that do not need to go to the Senate and be returned, so that the parliament can end in a timely fashion.

I say to the member for Kennedy with regard to his motion that he has now had an opportunity to put some things on the record. He will have the opportunity to contribute to the debate tomorrow, when there will be a cognate debate between the member for Riverina's disallowance motion and the member for Kennedy's disallowance motion. I ask the House to oppose this so that we can have a couple more questions before we move on to the next item of business.

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