Nick Champion (Wakefield, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

notes that the Rudd Government’s $3.1 billion water purchasing plan has secured 110 litres of water to environmental sites across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales;

(2)

notes the pending release of a draft report from the independent Murray Darling Basin Authority, which details a long term plan to save the Murray in the near future;

(3)

notes that the division and disunity in the Liberal and National parties over the Leader of the Opposition’s proposal for a potential referendum to give the Federal Government control of the Murray darling Basin if the State Government’s refuse to relinquish control; and

(4)

notes the negative impact and policy uncertainty a potential referendum has on the Murray Darling Basin plan.

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