Natural Resources Management Levy

The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE (14:29): I have a supplementary to the minister's answer to the Opposition Whip. I have seen the charts, and the only reduction in contribution from government has been from the state government. What evidence does the minister have that federal government programs have been cut, when you are giving them diddly squat?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:30): The honourable member comes into this place often and does not want to do his own homework. I suggest he goes and looks up the federal government's—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: You've got to love them, don't you? The best of them lack all conviction whatsoever, and the rest of them are driven by passionate intensity which is usually phoney, faux and fake. The honourable member might like to go and do his own homework with the federal government. He might want to start with the Landcare program and see how the federal government have cut those contributions.