Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo, Nick Xenophon Team) Share this | Hansard source

Prime Minister, last week, ABC Lateline aired further allegations of illegal water diversion and capture from the Murray-Darling Basin, this time in Queensland. Given that the serious allegations of water theft in the Murray-Darling Basin have now extended beyond New South Wales to Queensland, and therefore have become multijurisdictional, what possible reason could the government have to opposing a royal commission into the $13 billion plan's implementation—the only form of inquiry that could compel witnesses across all jurisdictions to appear or provide information?

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