Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-10-29 Daily Xml

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Murray-Darling Basin

The Hon. S.G. WADE (16:09): I ask some questions of the Minister for Water and the River Murray. Can the minister advise why the government is yet to sign a project agreement for South Australia to access the Australian government's $25 million Murray-Darling Basin Economic Diversification Program, and why has it taken more than a year to negotiate a project agreement for South Australia to access this funding, particularly when all other states are already delivering their allocation on agreed projects?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (16:10): I thank the honourable member for his most important question. I undertake to take that question to the minister responsible in the other place and bring back a response on his behalf.