Wetlands Management
WETLANDS MANAGEMENT
Mr HAZZARD: My question is directed to the Minister for Corrective Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister Assisting the Minister for the Arts, and Acting Minister for the Environment. Why has your Government failed to honour Labor's election promise to the Nature Conservation Council to establish a "substantial fund" for rehabilitation of degraded wetlands? In view of your stated commitment to Lake Cowal wetlands, when will substantial funds be made available to rehabilitate the closest wetland to Sydney: Towra Point Nature Reserve, Botany Bay?
Mr DEBUS: It is extraordinary that that is the first question on an environmental issue that I have been asked this session. I will obtain the information and report back to the House.