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

I indicated that I had made that quite clear when I announced the plan for national water security on 25 January. I quote from page 5 of the speech, where I said:

Districts such as the Burdekin in Queensland and Harvey Irrigation Area in Western Australia will also be able to significantly improve the efficiency of water use.

That makes it perfectly clear, if the Leader of the Opposition had bothered to do his homework on this issue, that it did extend beyond the immediate Murray-Darling Basin area.

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