Tony Pasin (Barker, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's Ian Hunter who's running a million miles an hour. Before there's any feigned concern for the fishermen in the Coorong, why don't we get Jay to allow us to undertake a sustainable cull of the New Zealand fur seals that are driving these people to consider suicide. That's the point we're at.

There are plenty of people who want to talk about ripping another 450 gigalitres out of the Riverland, indeed, out of the basin. That means 32 gigalitres from the Riverland. You come with me and tell the people of Renmark their whole irrigation district can go. The final comment goes to the member for O'Connor, who made this point to me as we walked into the chamber: do you know what the people of the Riverland—because I've told him before—are really scared about? They're scared that there's plenty of water. They just can't afford to pump it because of what the South Australian government has done to electricity prices. That's what they're scared about. That's what keeps them up at night. Shame on you! (Time expired)

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