Meryl Swanson (Paterson, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's not unbelievable. What we're actually doing here is creating good legislation that talks to people and says: 'How can we provide enough water to you? How do we make sure we're food secure in Australia? How do we make sure we've got sustainability of the river? How do we adequately restore this 450 gigalitres? How do we ensure for future generations that there is a Murray-Darling Basin that our young farmers can grow in and that our children can enjoy? How can we actually ensure that we look after it?' How reprehensible would it be for someone in this place as a member representing South Australia to say that they do not—

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