Opposition leader Bill Shorten promises environmentally conscious voters he will spend $200 million restoring urban rivers and waterways.
Mr Shorten says he will engage with state and local governments, councils and community groups to revitalise Australia’s wetlands, creeks and rivers which have for too long been treated like industrial waste drains.
The campaign pledge on Monday is the third such environmentally conscious promise after both major parties committed 220 million dollars to Kakadu National Park and Labor told voters they would create a Commonwealth environmental protection agency.