The ABC’s reports today that Water Minister Tony Burke won’t support a bad Murray-Darling Basin Plan expose his hypocrisy and political game playing, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said.
?On 4 April this year Minister Burke wrote to the Leader of the Opposition stating:
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?”I have been concerned with recent statements you have made that suggest you would only support a ‘good’ plan without defining what a ‘good’ plan would involve. I hope that there is no game being played here, the Murray Darling Basin is too important for that.”
?Only a week later the ABC is reporting:
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“Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has told a public meeting in Adelaide he will not allow a bad plan to be adopted for the future of the Murray.”
?”Minister Burke thinks it’s acceptable to refuse a bad Plan but is critical of people who want to support a good Plan. One wonders if Minister Burke is aiming for mediocrity in between,” Senator Birmingham said today.
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“Minister Burke is right to say that Basin reform is too important for game playing. I just wish he would take his own advice.”