Perin Davey (NSW, National Party, Shadow Minister for Water) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator Watt. Minister, in his second reading speech to the House on the Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012, then water minister Burke stated:

Importantly, the plan being proposed by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority stipulates that additional water … only be acquired through methods that deliver additional water for the environment without negative social and economic consequences such as infrastructure.

Why is this government refusing to release the details of the social and economic impact to communities if the proposed Murray-Darling water recovery strategy is implemented, which communities will be targeted and what impact it will have on the costs of living and at the supermarket for constituents?