Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

The government will not be supporting the amendment. I do understand where Senator Leyonhjelm is coming from, though. These are issues that were canvassed by the Water Act review. The government is preparing its response to the review of the Water Act. We are cognisant of the concerns in communities that he is reflecting through this amendment, but it is appropriate, as Senator Singh alluded to, that any such amendments do need to be worked through with basin states before this chamber can seek to agree to them.