Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question. We addressed this yesterday at some length but, to be brief, we are committed to the Basin Plan. It is the Basin Plan that was enacted in November 2012 by his colleague the member for Watson when he was the minister for water. We are committed to, and will comply with, the intergovernmental agreement on implementing water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin. In particular, I draw the honourable member's attention to clauses 4.6 and 4.7, and the commitment is the same as it is in the Basin Plan, that 'Water recovered must be recovered in circumstances where the socioeconomic impact on basin communities is neutral or positive.' We recognise that is—

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