Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to take note of comments by Senator Faulkner. This of course is my first opportunity to congratulate you formally, Mr Deputy President, on your accession to your position. I am very pleased to see a fellow South Australian in a senior position in this chamber. Of course we do have another fellow South Australian who is doing an absolutely fantastic job at the moment on this issue of water, and that of course is Senator Wong. I would just like to put on record my congratulations for the steps that she has taken to deal in a serious way with the issues of water, particularly for my own state. I think it contrasts very dramatically with what we saw under the previous Howard government. It was full of South Australians—