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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Riverland Wine Industry Blueprint

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:48): Supplementary: I appreciate the information the minister has provided, but can she answer my specific question, which was ensuring that irrigation assets and irrigation water entitlements are maintained and secured in the region, which was a priority one, and how can her government ensure that that occurs whilst they are pushing for the sale of water entitlements, namely, buybacks?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:48): I would hope that those opposite and the Leader of the Opposition in this place would acknowledge that a healthy river is absolutely crucial to all of the horticulture industries.

The Hon. N.J. Centofanti interjecting:

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: Already we have interjections from those opposite—

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: Already we have interjections from those opposite, so perhaps that is implying they don't think a healthy river is an important part of maintaining horticulture and viticulture in the region.

The Hon. N.J. Centofanti interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The honourable Leader of the Opposition, the minister is attempting to answer the question.

The Hon. N.J. Centofanti: No she's not.

The PRESIDENT: The honourable Leader of the Opposition!

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: I would hope that we could all agree that a healthy river is absolutely a prerequisite to maintaining any of the industries along the river. We have seen, of course, the capitulation of the former state government and the now Leader of the Opposition in the other place—that's how he was described—and we have seen 10 years of absolute abandonment from the former federal Coalition government who, of course, did nothing of substance to ensure that we have a healthy river going forward. To now hear those opposite suddenly say that we need to do something differently, when 10 years of their federal counterparts, not to mention capitulation from their now leader, is absolutely ironic.

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