House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2017-11-15 Daily Xml

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Resolutions

Water Resources Management

The Legislative Council passed the following resolution to which it desires the concurrence of the House of Assembly:

1. That this council—

(a) notes that it is in the best interests of South Australia for the commonwealth water portfolio to be separated from the agricultural portfolio and that it is held by a separate minister as it is in the South Australian government; and

(b) notes the history of gross mismanagement of water resources and the Murray-Darling Basin in this country.

2. That the resolution be transmitted to the House of Assembly seeking its concurrence thereto.

3. On the House of Assembly's concurrence, requests that the President conveys the resolution to the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia.


At 17:54 the house adjourned until Thursday 16 November 2017 at 10:30.