Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Waters, I don't know how often I can stand up—and I've stood up for eight years—and say the same thing. Here we go again. You know what? I know it doesn't suit your political purposes to have a coalition government that accepts the science of climate change. I know that doesn't suit you; it makes all things a little tricky. But we've got real money on the table to support our communities to reduce emissions and to do our bit as a responsible global partner to reach our Paris targets. For you to come in here and politicise the misery that is actually going on in there, as if somehow we're not doing anything—again, I'm very happy to go to what our government is doing. I mean, bushfire—yes, climate change. There are other recommendations made by state governments around land management practices. How do we actually access water at a time of need? What about back-burns and firebreaks— (Time expired)