Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources) Share this | Hansard source

And I probably wasn't exactly accurate in my response to you, Senator Rice. The requirement for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to prejudge an action by the RIC in relation to water infrastructure as having complied with the Water Act is an additional requirement that does not currently exist. So I should correct myself and say, yes, there is an additional level of protection that is added by the requirement to predetermine the compliance with the act.