Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

On the point of order, President: Senator Davey's primary question referenced a number of impacts on farming communities, and she identified water buybacks as one of those impacts in the primary question. This is a supplementary question going into that issue. The idea that water buybacks do not have an impact on the agriculture portfolio is preposterous. They may not be the direct responsibility of the agriculture portfolio, but that is like suggesting that industry policy doesn't impact the Treasury portfolio—