Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for New England for the supplementary. We are not at that point yet. The delays, so far, were due to a not unreasonable request by the New South Wales government to make sure the protocol matched their aquifer interference policy. We do expect, though, now that that policy is out, that the process of developing the protocols will not continue to be delayed.

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