John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I will not pretend, in answer to the member for New England, to be across all the details of this; I am not. I will take the question on notice and make some inquiries. I will consider what the member has put. We are interested in mining and we are also interested in understanding the impact of mining on aquifers and water systems—and certainly those that are linked to the Murray-Darling system, which is so important to eastern Australia and in relation to which there has been too little progress made over a long period of time. I will take the question on notice and get back to the member for New England as soon as I can.

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