Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. The minister will recall the Senate inquiries—initiated and chaired, I might say, by the Democrats—on urban water management in 2002, rural water resource usage in 2004 and living with salinity, in March this year. Why has the government not responded to any of these reports so far? Does the government now acknowledge that the comprehensive recommendations from these three inquiries should have been acted upon in light of the water shortage crises that are now facing cities and rural communities throughout Australia?