Water Licences

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:23): Supplementary: can the minister please explain why the Victorian government agency, and indeed maybe even the Victorian banks, recognise those water licences as personal property for the purposes of securing these dairy loans?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:23): I am not responsible in this chamber for the Victorian public service; nor am I responsible for those agencies in Victoria that the honourable member is referring to. They belong to another minister in this state. Nor am I responsible for the banks' policies across the country.