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

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will not waste time congratulating you, because you know I think you will be magnificent. We have just had the modelling of 3,200 gigalitres of environmental flow added for comparison to the 2,750 gigalitres that was considered by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.

We have to wonder: why would there be modelling which takes no consideration of the social and economic impacts, just environmental? The minister has told us he is interested in the triple bottom-line approach when it comes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. But, no, this particular modelling is based on relaxed constraints. What does that mean? It means you ignore the fact that there are roads, bridges, railway lines, houses, towns and the Barmah Choke. You ignore all the human infrastructure and the natural infrastructure—

Peter Slipper (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It being 2 pm, in accordance with standing order 43, the time for members' constituency statements has concluded.