David Littleproud (Maranoa, National Party, Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management) Share this | Hansard source

I'm happy to. As I articulated earlier, both the drought envoy and Major General Day have gone to the point of consultation. Now it's time to get on with the job, and that's why the Prime Minister appointed me and elevated drought to cabinet for the first time in our nation's history. We had a Prime Minister who in the first couple of days of his prime ministership came to a drought-affected community. He has elevated drought to the highest table of this office. That's leadership; that's not politics.

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