George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Gallacher, honestly and truly, surely you can do better than that. The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister—and do not forget that the Prime Minister is a former Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard government—both take a very deep and very, very well-informed approach to this issue. They speak about the issue frequently, as they speak to each other frequently about all issues, as you would expect in the relationship between the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister, and they are absolutely at one on this issue.