Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Minister Wong, would you confirm that you are the minister for the Murray-Darling Basin system, as you indicated in answer to a previous question? If you are, will you indicate why you will not take action to address the environmental health of the Murray-Darling Basin system? Water from the Goulburn River can be used for environmental flows in the Murray-Darling Basin system, yet it is being proposed by the Victorian Labor government to take it out of the basin, over the range, to flush Melbourne toilets. Will you guarantee, as the minister responsible, that your government will not allow this to happen and thus put even more pressure on the environment in the Murray-Darling Basin system?