Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

Unfortunately, there seems to have been a miscommunication between our offices, Senator Xenophon. My apologies for that. I will seek to get to the bottom of it. If there is any further information I can get from the minister, I will seek to. As you are aware, with the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, after more than 100 years of water disputes in the south-east of Australia, Minister Burke was pleased that the final Basin Plan was approved on 22 November 2012 and was tabled in parliament. The plan has now passed the parliamentary disallowance period and the government's water reforms are locked into law. This is a tremendous achievement for the government and, importantly, the basin, after 100 years of haggling. I know, Senator Xenophon, you have been very, very determined to see an end to this haggling. Only the Gillard government could deliver this outcome. (Time expired)