Damian Drum (Nicholls, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

My opportunity to actually create a difference in water policy lies not with doing a deal with the Labor Party; it lies in doing negotiations with the Liberal Party. The only chance that I have of bringing about water policy change within this parliament is to work with the Liberal Party. At the moment there is a gulf between our beliefs. But I am not going to be party to this grandstanding by the Labor Party to try and bring about some dissension on this side. We will continue to work with the Liberal Party to bring them on board with our policies, and that is why I will have no part in this dissension motion against the Speaker's ruling.

Mr Dreyfus interjecting—

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