Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Sturt interjected and said: have I written a letter back? I have told him what action ensued, and the action that ensued was the release of 148 gigalitres from the New South Wales system into South Australia. This is a significant action by New South Wales. It occurred within the framework of the cooperation which now underpins the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and the discussions which now occur within it on how we can provide water from the system into South Australia to meet its various needs. So, if the question is about a request for action and the delivery of action, I would draw the honourable member’s attention to the facts of what transpired, the actions of this government within it and the specific responsibilities and action by our Minister for Climate Change and Water.

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