Legislative Council: Tuesday, November 28, 2023

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Riverland Wine Industry Blueprint

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:50): Supplementary: does the minister not support water efficiency projects?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:50): I think a question about water efficiency projects is, again, incredibly remarkable and ironic from those opposite. What we wanted over the last 10 years—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: —was the former Coalition government to support water efficiency projects upstream, but what we saw from those opposite—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: —was constant capitulation, constant kowtowing—

The Hon. N.J. Centofanti interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: —to the irrigators upstream in the upstream states, which have left us in the position we are in today. It is their fault and they should certainly take responsibility for it.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hunter, we don't need your commentary.