Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The basin is confused? It might not be the only thing. Mr President, Senator Joyce continues to try and verbal Minister Burke, Minister Wong and the Prime Minister. It is a complete verballing. The whole premise of his question is wrong. We have been very consistent in our view. We have taken legal advice and now we are going to table it, as I think Minister Burke has indicated. So let us be clear about this: we have been completely consistent in our statements on these matters and we, like many others, like many stakeholders, are concerned. Minister Burke visited Griffith just recently and they are very concerned there about this report as it stands at the moment. Let me be very clear about this. We have been entirely consistent.