Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Did you hear that? That Western Australian government will match this contribution with the aim of doubling the available irrigated development area from 14,000 to 28,000 hectares to provide for a possible large-scale expansion of agriculture. Isn’t that wonderful news! There will be an increase from 14,000 to 28,000 hectares in that fantastic part of Australia, up there in the Kimberley. The social infrastructure component of the package may provide for investment in schools, health, early childhood, aged care and recreational facilities. Common-use infrastructure may provide for the development of roads, and aeronautical and power infrastructure—and don’t they need it!

Lake Argyle, where the Ord River enters the Carr Boyd Ranges—if I shut my eyes I can really see myself floating in that part of the world—