00:00We need to resolve our issues as quickly as we possibly can, because there are bigger
00:05issues facing rural and regional Australians than the make-up of the Coalition. We need
00:09to make sure we get back to being a strong and credible opposition as quickly as possible.
00:14From now until the end of November there's going to be eight sitting weeks, so we do
00:17have time now to finalise the Coalition conversations, hopefully reach an agreement and get the
00:22shadow ministers in their new roles. Look, it's easy to look back on in hindsight and
00:27suggest how things could have been done differently, but at the end of the day I think if we get
00:32to a result where the key policy principles that the Nationals are keen to pursue and the
00:37issue around cabinet solidarity, or shadow cabinet solidarity as the case may be, can be resolved,
00:41they seem to be the sticking points that have been canvassed publicly and I'm hoping that
00:45can be done and as I said get back to focusing on people, you know, rural and regional communities
00:49right now who are facing some really tough times. There's going to be a huge need to help
00:54those communities that deal with the drought and deal with the floods and we've got to
00:57work with our Australians as they deal with these challenging times and not be talking
01:01about ourselves too much more in the future.
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