Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Fielding, perhaps I did not make myself clear in the answer to the primary question. I explained to you three things: firstly, this is a package that has never before been made available and it is a package which enables small-block irrigators to remain in their communities whilst exiting the industry; secondly, the reforms that we will seek to put in place through agreement are reforms that we regard as necessary to enable effective delivery of this package for the reasons I outlined; and, finally, we do take the view that it is important, particularly after 12 years of failure to reform in this area, that we continue to reform the water market—