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Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:31): My question is again to the Premier. Will the special urgent COAG meeting occur before the next ministerial council meeting that is scheduled in June? With your leave and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr MALINAUSKAS: In a media release on 31 January this year, the Premier stated he would 'write to the Prime Minister to request a meeting of the COAG Murray-Darling Basin first ministers'. Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated publicly the next day that the federal government would meet with the states about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan 'in due course as part of the normal schedule'.

The Hon. S.C. Mullighan: Five months later.

The SPEAKER: The member for Lee is on two warnings.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:32): We have requested the meeting. The Prime Minister has accepted this request and we will announce the date as soon as it is set. For a party that wants an urgent discussion about this, you would think they might have read the report. You would think they might have got up this morning and thought, 'We've got—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —something to contribute.' What have we heard from the opposition so far? Nothing.

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