Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources) Share this | Hansard source

Take water. The honourable member scoffs, but take water: on the recommendation to promote recycling of water, what are we doing? The Australian government are funding some of the most innovative water recycling projects around Australia, be it the western corridor project in Brisbane or the managed aquifer projects in South Australia or Western Australia. We are well advanced on having national standards for the use of recycled water. That, while not particularly glamorous, is vital because local consent authorities need to know what the rules are when developers want to have recycling on their projects and so forth.

So I have given the long answer. The short answer is that it is being considered. The response will be forthcoming; it will be on a whole-of-government basis. But the honourable member knows that a number of the more specific recommendations are ones that either are consistent with or have become consistent with the government’s policies.

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