Senate debates

Tuesday, 23 July 2019

Bills

Future Drought Fund Bill 2019, Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019; Second Reading

1:26 pm

Photo of Janet RiceJanet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

that mean that downstream communities in Wilcannia, Menindee, Mildura, Wentworth and Renmark, at the Murray mouth and all along the Coorong, will see their situation worsen. There simply is not enough water in the basin for further extraction. But we know that the Nationals don't care. In fact, I just heard Senator McKenzie saying 'hear, hear'. We know that they see their role as facilitating the rorting, facilitating the gross corruption of the Basin Plan, and supporting upstream irrigation.

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