.The Federal Opposition has accused the Climate Change Minister Penny Wong of being in contempt of the Senate. The Opposition says Senator Wong has failed to provide information on the emergency advice she sought from her Department on what the Government could do in the short term to address the dire situation in the lower Murray River. The Opposition’s climate change spokesperson Greg Hunt says she has failed to do that. The Senate voted last week to require Senator Wong to disclose the advice. “This is the moment,nearly three months after she commissioned urgent advice,to release that advice and what can be done with a water package for the lower lakes and the Coorong [...]
