Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister recall stating, in February 2006, that fixing the ailing Murray River was at the top of his agenda and that he would ‘put a bomb under the process’? Prime Minister, why has the government refused to use one cent of its promised $700 million to buy water rights from willing sellers to get water into the Murray? Prime Minister, when will you stop blaming the drought and take responsibility for national leadership in the water crisis?

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