Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I am glad that Senator Birmingham wants to discuss community support because just recently, on 10 November this year, the Bendigo Advertiser, on page 29, stated:

Stage 2 of the food bowl project gets the nod.

Victorian Farmers Federation President, Andrew Broad, said:

The practical impact this announcement will have on-farm should not be underestimated.

The National Farmers Federation media release on 19 March 2010 on the government’s $300 million on-farm water efficiency project stated:

This important program is a victory for the future of many irrigation communities, assisting irrigators to produce more food and fibre with less water, and to align on-farm infrastructure with irrigation delivery system investment.

The Australian of 11 October stated on page 5:

THE National Farmers Federation has called for greater investment in water efficiency across the Murray-Darling Basin.

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Ms Kerr said many of the state governments had already flagged “priority projects” where—

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