Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister recall saying last Friday:

There’s a $10 billion investment of new money by the Commonwealth to fix the basic problems of the Murray-Darling Basin …

Did the Prime Minister last Thursday tell the premiers that this $10 billion would not exclusively be for the Murray-Darling Basin but would also be available for irrigation projects outside the basin? Prime Minister, which of these two statements is correct?

John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) | Link to this | Hansard source

I made it clear on 25 January when I announced the policy that states outside the Murray-Darling Basin would be entitled to participate. There is no conflict. The Leader of the Opposition has not done his homework.