Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

This bill does not deal with the matters that she is seeking to bring in. This is a bill to set up a capital fund to generate a reliable, recurrent funding stream to support additional drought resilience projects across Australia consistent with a funding plan that is to be put in place and consistent with the arrangements that I've spelt out already.

I understand the political points that the Greens are seeking to make here today, but the truth is that neither the government nor a majority of senators agrees with their views.