Senate debates

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Questions without Notice

Murray-Darling Basin Plan

2:51 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

You did too, so you would know that there were also farmers and agricultural producers as well as environmentalists and community people who are supportive of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. I would also make, if I can, a shout-out to Henry Jones's wife, Gloria, who was there cooking the mullet. Henry, of course, is now—

Honourable senators interjecting—

Coorong mullet, I should say. Henry was a fisherman who was a strong advocate for reform of the basin—a very decent man who spent a lot of his life working on these issues.

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