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

My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. In a letter enclosing the interim investigation into New South Wales water management, Ken Matthews stated:

… compliance and enforcement arrangements in NSW have been ineffectual and require significant and urgent improvement.

He stated that 'individual cases of alleged noncompliance have remained unresolved for far too long' and that 'a systemic fix is required'. Given Ken Matthews' findings and water theft allegations in at least two states, do you now agree we need an urgent judicial inquiry into the implementation of the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan?

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