Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, my question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities—which, surprisingly, is Senator Conroy. Minister, can you please explain the varied positions of the Labor Party. Senator Wong stated on 1 June 2009:

… the final decision on the Basin Plan rests with the Commonwealth Minister for Water alone..

Then, on 10 August, Prime Minister Gillard said they were ‘determined’ to do what was necessary to implement the Murray-Darling Basin plan. Then the most recent minister, Minister Burke, said on the 26th:

The guide is not government policy, it is not my document, I have deliberately made sure I did not launch it.

Who are we to believe: minister 1, Minister Wong; minister 2, Minister Burke; or the Prime Minister?