David Littleproud (Maranoa, National Party, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources) Share this | Hansard source

The hollowness of the principles of the Australian Labor Party knows no bounds. They sit there and they say that there will be more under them. Let me tell you: there's another rolled-gold promise, another $100 million that they're going to continue to pump into it. We are legislating this money so it has to be paid. It's not at the whim of the next government, and God forbid that that might be the Australian Labor Party.

The reality is this is a sound policy with great principles. I have to admire the member for Indi for the constructive way that she has worked with my office to make sure that we do get the accountability that those opposite believe there is not, and we are going to achieve that. There have been no deals. It's been predicated on fact, on actually trying to work for the betterment of this nation, not for cheap political points that those opposite have tried to score all day on dairy and on drought. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds, so they become irrelevant to this whole debate. I say to the member for Indi: thank you for the constructive way that you have set future drought policy for this nation. It is a legacy we will leave together, and I thank you. I acknowledge that we will be supporting the amendments.

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