Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for COAG) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Senator Conroy. I refer to the report issued last Friday by the COAG Reform Council on water-saving infrastructure projects in the Murray-Darling Basin. The report highlights that, of your government’s so-called priority projects for water saving infrastructure, only two of 17 have been completed. To quote the report:

... there were significant delays in the development and approval all other projects.

What impact do these delays have on the livelihood of those whose lives are already on hold while the government attempts to sort out yet another mess?