The Nationals remain committed to major investment in the re-plumbing of regional Australia to save water and create more options for water use for the environment, towns and farms. The Nationals will provide compensation in the form of a structural adjustment assistance package for communities affected by water withdrawals, to ensure Basin communities do not bear an unreasonable social or economic cost where reforms are imposed in the national interest. Contemporary urban and suburban households recognise the need for water conservation and water saving devices such as shower heads or slow drip watering systems.
sceptical towards multiculturalism, or for cultural integration or appeals to cultural homogeneity in society