Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

So the Labor Party were correcting Senator Bob Brown’s motion in this sort of nefarious approach they have to manipulating the structure of what is going on here. And the reason the Greens are very upset today is that Senator Xenophon has done a better job than them in protecting the Murray-Darling. Senator Xenophon actually had the courage and the conviction to go to bat for it. The Greens stayed back behind. I do not agree with the Greens but it surprises me today that we have to rely on Senator Xenophon to be doing their bidding. The Greens have compromised themselves on this issue and they have sold out to the Labor Party.