Mr DRUM (Nicholls—Chief Nationals Whip) (12:24): We have a situation now where the people of the Murray-Darling Basin simply want an outcome. By agreeing to the Labor Party's dissension motion against the Speaker's ruling it is going to give us an opportunity to have a political debate in here that has nothing to do with the outcomes in the amendments. I know deep in my heart that the four amendments that I've put forward here will all be knocked away by the Labor Party. They go to the core of what the Labor Party disagree with. They go to the core of what the Labor Party do not believe in. There is not— Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my left! Mr DRUM: 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— The SPEAKER: The member for Isaacs interjects too regularly and speaks far too loudly. I should also point out, with the history of dissent motions, it's practice not for the Speaker to intervene, so I'll be unusually quiet.