he's speaking in armidale in new south wales. small towns, the best opportunity in this current cacophony of issues has to be put aside. i think it is responsible, my responsibility to do my bit to make sure that it happens. now, might i say with the last allegation that was in the paper today, i have asked that they refer the police. i have asked for the right of the person who has made the allegation and have asked my right of defence that that be referred to the police. but it is quite evident that you cannot go to the dispatch box with issues like that surrounding new so i cannot enter any discussions about that, as you all understand, if it is going before the court, it is going before the court, but what i will say is that on monday, morning at the party room, i will step down as the leader of the national party and deputy premier to stop australia. now, i have informed the acting prime minister mathias cormann of this, i have informed my colleagues, of this, and there are a couple of other things i would clearly like to sa