Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. The chairman of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority has publicly said that he advised the minister for water prior to the release of the guide that the authority’s interpretation of the Water Act put the environment ahead of social and economic factors. If so, why did the minister wait until after the release of the guide to seek his own legal advice? How can the Australian people have any confidence in the handling by the minister for water of this mess when he sat by and allowed a flawed guide to be released?

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