Prime Minister Scott Morrison maintains Barnaby Joyce did not breach any rules when he approved a controversial water buyback deal in 2017.
and dismissed criticism of the deal as"horse crap".
"The minister relied totally on the advice provided by his department, and that department conducted those negotiations at arm's length and have inquired into the relevant matters under the act," Mr Morrison said. @RNDrive: You can listen back to @PatsKarvelas interviewing @Barnaby_Joyce on water buy backs, here: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/barnaby-joyce-responds-to-australias-watergate/11036040 … #watergate #auspol #AusVotes2019 "I never knew Angus Taylor. I wouldn't have known him if he stood up in my corn flakes before he came into Parliament, right?" he said.
"Why did Labor recommend it to us? Are they morons? Are they asleep? You're saying the Queensland Labor Government are completely incompetent and recommended us a bad deal?Labor says deals struck with same company involved tender "The Labor Party did a deal with the same company. There was no questions raised about the integrity of the company with Labor did a deal," he said.
Labor's water spokesman Tony Burke said this morning he did not know the company at the centre of the water buyback scandal was domiciled in the Cayman Islands.
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