Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I don't need to recommit to anything, because we have never moved away from our commitment. There are many people who have made many comments in relation to the difficulties in being able to deliver this really ambitious plan but that doesn't change the commitment of this government to remain absolutely focused on the delivery of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. We will continue to work with jurisdictions. As I said, this is a plan for all Australians and all states that sit within the basin. This is not just the federal government. It's the Queensland government, the ACT government, the New South Wales government, the Victorian government and the South Australian government. We will continue to work together to deliver the plan, because every single state and territory knows that the outcome of not delivering the plan is absolutely a negative outcome for the states and territories. We remain committed to that, and any suggestion whatsoever that we have moved away from our commitment to the delivery of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is factually incorrect.