Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

but, even if it is true, you are quoting someone who is no longer in the parliament. I want to talk about people who are currently in this parliament and who aspire to lead this country—people who claim they have the foresight to properly run this country, as our Prime Minister has done now for 10 years and will continue to do for many years. The Prime Minister is a man of vision and foresight; Mr Rudd quite clearly failed that test when he was, in effect, the Queensland government. I am not sure what his official title was, but he was obviously the string puller for Mr Goss and the Queensland government at the time. Mr Rudd has a lot to answer for in relation to the water crisis in south-east Queensland at the present time. The Wolffdene dam, as I recall the issue a long time ago, had all of the land purchased and was ready to go, and the government of the day—never mind what an opposition of about five people said—