Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question. He left out the Rookwood Weir site on the Fitzroy, which I visited recently with the member for Capricornia. I know the Deputy Prime Minister was there recently himself. The honourable member will obviously know very well that the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund legislation passed through all stages of this House today. That legislation is on its way to the Senate, where we expect it to receive the same level of support and become law, so that it will be operative by 1 July. The honourable member is inspired by the prospects in Northern Australia, particularly in water, and so are we. I would ask the minister for water resources to elaborate on the great opportunities to tap into that huge water resource in Northern Australia.

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