Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I met with all of the councils earlier today, and they thanked the government for the work that we are doing when it comes to South Australia's algal bloom. This is an ecological event that is directly related to the impacts we are seeing right across our continent from climate change. What we have seen here is floodwaters coming through the Murray-Darling Basin, out through the Coorong and into the ocean, at a time when extra nutrients have therefore gone into the water and the water is two degrees hotter than it would normally be at this time of the year.

This is not something that is the result of any single government action. This is something that I've met with the South Australian government on. Importantly, we have provided a range of funding. Indeed, every bit of funding that we have been asked for has been provided.

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