AUSTRALIA needs a royal commission into water management in 2026, according to Murray MP Helen Dalton, who says politicians are “destroying” the nation’s waterways and communities.
Ms Dalton urged every MP in Australia to back her demand for a royal commission into the management of water across the country.
“Without water, we have no Australia,” Ms Dalton said.
She accused political leaders at all levels of causing the crisis.
“Politics, and politicians, continues to destroy our waterways, our rural communities and our way of life,” Ms Dalton said.
“Politicians are causing this problem. Only an independent royal commission will fix it.”
Ms Dalton warned that any politician who resists scrutiny should be called out by voters.
“And if any politician opposes a royal commission into water, voters need to know, that politics is part of the problem and not part of the solution.”
She pointed to the mismanagement of the Murray-Darling Basin and the ongoing decline of the Coorong as proof that Australia’s water system was broken.
“Imagine there are 1000 cars outside a petrol station, waiting to fill up, and the owner is standing there pouring all the petrol down the drain,” Ms Dalton said.
“That’s what State and Federal Governments are doing with our water.”
She described the situation as “absolute madness” and said it must stop immediately.
Ms Dalton also hit back at claims a royal commission would be too expensive.
“Australian communities lose billions of dollars, every year, because our water is grossly mismanaged,” she said.
“An efficient, independent royal commission will stop this appalling waste, once and for all.”
