Mr BURKE (Watson—Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) (14:21): I thank the member for Hindmarsh for the supplementary question. Can I make clear: Adelaide is the one part of the entire Murray-Darling Basin where their catchment is the Murray-Darling Basin—more than half of their drinking water comes from the Murray-Darling Basin. There is an understandable level of commitment from those South Australian members, and in particular those from Adelaide, in wanting to see national reform. There is also a degree of peril. During the meeting organised by the Adelaide Advertiser today, they saw that the one person who did not join the Leader of the Opposition during his speech was the shadow minister for water. He was there but would not be in the camera frame when those words were being said. The puppeteer of water policy on that side of the House, and he would have described today— The SPEAKER: Order! The minister will withdraw that reflection. Mr BURKE: I withdraw. The SPEAKER: Does the member for Sturt have a point of order? Mr Pyne: I ask how it can be relevant for the minister to falsely claim that Senator Joyce was not there this morning when he simply was there this morning. It is a completely false claim. The SPEAKER: The honourable member for Sturt will remove himself from the chamber under the provisions of standing order 94(a). Mr Abbott: Mr Speaker, with respect, I ask you to reconsider that. The minister was making a false statement. He said that Senator Joyce was not there. All the member for Sturt was trying to do was correct a false statement, which is surely of assistance to the House. The SPEAKER: I pointed out previously to the member for Sturt that if he took another point of order that was an abuse of standing orders he would be ejected. He did so. There are other forms in the House if someone wants to correct a record. The honourable member has been here long enough to know that. Mr Abbott: I apologise for further detaining you on this matter. I certainly did not hear your warning to the member for Sturt. It is more than possible in the hubbub that the member for Sturt did not hear your warning and under the circumstances if you extended a certain amount of leniency you would be reflecting well on the conduct of the chamber. The SPEAKER: I thank the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Sturt then left the chamber. Mr BURKE: I think the concerns of the member for Hindmarsh on behalf of the people of Adelaide were best reflected by an interjection that occurred during that exchange. The member for Riverina interjected, 'The environment will fix itself; it always has.' The SPEAKER: The minister will be directly relevant to the supplementary question. Mr BURKE: The reason this plan needs to be in place, the reason the member for Hindmarsh is concerned, and the reason that this consultation process must lead to national powers over the Murray-Darling Basin is that you cannot just leave the environment to fix itself. It needs a national plan. (Time expired)