Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I thank Senator Birmingham for making it clear why the coalition are unable to support this motion. While our motion does not necessarily talk about taking away people’s rights or not needing a fair and meaningful process to go through in relation to fast-tracking the national Murray-Darling Basin plan, we know we need to fast track it. That is the point of this entire motion. We cannot keep waiting until 2019. I understand that the coalition have some problems on their own side in terms of getting their act together and having a consistent approach. Unfortunately, that is not the Greens’ problem. What we want to do is move forward. We need action on the Murray-Darling Basin. We need it today, not in 15 years time. Unfortunately, that is where we will end up being if we do not act now.