Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Mr Deputy President. In regard to the motion by Senator Hanson-Young and Senator Waters, we do not agree with the repealing of wild rivers. We believe that that is something that has to be fleshed out more, especially with the Indigenous communities of the gulf, who rely on that for their economic development.

On point (c), it is Premier Weatherill who is responsible for not funding one of the crucial parts of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, so we think it is the height of hypocrisy to be asking Mr Weatherill to work more closely with the federal government when he is not actually working with the federal government at the moment.