What is really hypocritical is the assertion about this being divisive by our side of the House, because the main thing that has been divisive is the deliberately divisive narrative peddled by the right side of the House—the other benches—and that has been to lead people away from doing the serious work of grappling with this wicked problem and understanding the challenges—what the opportunities are and how we're going to fix it—and instead becoming swayed into a divisive narrative that basically has racist undertones, political meddling, and unfounded counterfactuals. And this was actually articulated really clearly by Bryan Cadogan, who is the mayor of a rural area in my electorate of Clutha. He's been a mayor for four terms. He's the chair of the Rural Supplies Technical Working Group, and he knows what he's talking about. He has said that when we drill down into this issue what we really need to come to terms with is the need for alternative funding streams, and the need to get Government support. He refers to the rate increases in one the townships in his electorate. Prior to him coming in as mayor it had had a 292 percent increase in rates. So he has had his ideas around three waters. He has gone into it with his eyes open. He has worked with us, and I really commend him for doing that. 