Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition interjects, ‘A holding pattern’. What were the last 12 years? The last 12 years were, I would say, not just standing still but actually taking the entire debate backwards. They had 12 years to act on a climate change crisis which is impacting on the Murray-Darling Basin, and what did they do? How many gigalitres of water entitlements did they buy back after 12 years in office? Zero. Absolutely zero.

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