Sharman Stone (Murray, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. A short time ago, in answer to a question from his own side, the minister for the environment suggested that I was advocating additional water be taken off irrigators, to wit, referring to the Friday announcement of an extra 450 gigalitres. I certainly have never advocated and will never advocate for an additional 450 gigalitres to be taken from irrigators, and I certainly have said in the past that there should not be any water further purchased on a non-strategic basis from irrigators. Any additional water in the past should have been found through irrigation investment and environmental works and measures.

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