Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, my question is to Senator Conroy, the Minister representing the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Yesterday I asked a series of questions in relation to a $265 million funding announcement back in October last year to support the Riverland and other river communities in South Australia. I am grateful for the written response that I received earlier today from the minister. Further to that response, does the government acknowledge that this fund needs to be tailored for the region for which it is allocated—namely, river communities in South Australia—and that, of necessity, funding criteria should consider the early adoption of water-saving technologies by South Australian irrigators?