Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

The government continues to support our agriculture and resource sectors through increased investment, investment in excess of $1.5 billion through programs—the National Water Infrastructure Development Fund and the National Water Infrastructure Loan Facility, which is funding 22 new water infrastructure projects across Australia.

More water means more produce, more produce that Australia can export so that we can make sure that we continue to have the income, for Australia, to maintain our standard of living. There are investments in things like the Rookwood Weir, $176 million, up in your area, in the Fitzroy Basin; $242 million to the Dungowan Dam; $325 million to build Wyangala Dam in New South Wales; and $100 million to further modernise the Tasmanian irrigation system. We will continue to support these irrigation projects, because they are the backbone of Australia's agricultural sector.