Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I was asked directly about whether legal advice had been sought in relation to compulsory acquisition. I am responding in relation to the government’s policy on compulsory acquisition, which I would have thought was relevant. In relation to this, or any other purchase, the government is open to talking with any willing sellers of water entitlements in the basin. We have made that clear. We will assess any sell offer through our buyback program on the basis of value for money and environmental need. This is consistently the position—