George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I suppose $8 billion is just small change for the Greens! But, nevertheless, this is the investment that we have made jointly with a partner government of $2 billion, which is a very, very substantial sum of money, Senator Waters.

The Commonwealth has backed its commitment with over $460 million in additional program funding through the Department of the Environment and Energy which has been allocated since 2014-15. Of this, nearly $136 million is now with projects that will specifically improve water quality. (Time expired)