Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-11-11 Daily Xml

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Murray-Darling Basin

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:48): When the minister said in the media in October that the water that's there for environmental purposes is being used elsewhere, what was he talking about?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:48): It was being used for other environmental programs upstream.

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: Name them.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Well, I can find out. They were used for, for example, flood plain management: putting water out onto flood plains in New South Wales and Victoria. That's what I meant. Do your own homework. You can find it as easily as I can.