Thanks very much.
Minister, I think we've explained before that the Liberal Party position is that any legislation without capacity is not on, so once again I need to ask this question.
In your department's own report, it said that “regulation alone will not be effective in ensuring safe drinking water”. It also said, “Regulation without the investment needed to build capacity may even put drinking water [safety] at risk by diverting badly needed resources into regulatory frameworks and compliance costs”. It was also said that “adequate resources—for plants and piping, training and monitoring, and operations and maintenance—are more critical to ensuring safe drinking water than is regulation alone”.
I want to know why you have decided to disregard these warnings and move forward with this legislation without addressing the critical capacity gaps.