Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source

I will begin by putting on the record that, relating to my first series of questions regarding the tender, on 22 May 2006 Minister McGauran stated:

The government will also allow up to $200 million of its contribution to the purchasing of water from on-farm efficiency savings by way of a tender system that the parliamentary secretary—

that is, Mr Turnbull—

is working up now.

Secondly, your statement on 19 June 2006 was that the government ‘would not be seeking to acquire more than 200 gigalitres’. I just point out to the minister that that is where the figures came from—from him and Minister McGauran.

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