Helen Dalton MP INDEPENDENT MEMBER FOR MURRAY NSW Australia needs a Federal Royal Commission into Australian water management. After more than a decade of damage, secrecy, and failed assurances, the current system has lost the trust of the people it governs. Decisions about our rivers and water resources have been made behind closed doors, based on disputed science, broken accounting, and shifting political priorities. This is a systemic failure. Communities across the country have been stripped of water, jobs, and opportunity, yet no one has ever been properly held to account. Water has been taken, economies hollowed out, and family businesses pushed to the brink all without a full, independent examination of how or why these decisions were made. What on earth are Australians supposed to trust? The same agencies that design water policy are allowed to assess their own performance. That is not accountability. When livelihoods are destroyed and food production reduced, Australians deserve more than internal reviews and political talking points. A Federal Royal Commission has the power to compel evidence, examine decisions across jurisdictions, and expose how Australia's water system has been run. Without it, the truth will remain buried. If we are serious about the environment, regional communities, and national food security, then sunlight is essential. Our water should never be managed in secrecy. It is too important to be protected by silence. I will continue to push for a Federal Royal Commission into Australian water until Australians get honest answers about what has happened and who paid the price. We can fix this system but only if we are prepared to confront the truth. Avoiding scrutiny is no longer acceptable. Australians deserve answers. And I will not stop until they get them. Helen Dalton MP for Murray Authorised by Helen Dalton MP, Funded using Parliamentary Entitlements. Griffith 02 6962 6644 Deniliquin 03 5881 7034 Buronga 0475 683 288 murray@parliament.nsw.gov.au Helen Dalton MP INDEPENDENT MEMBER FOR MURRAY NSW Australia needs a Federal Royal Commission into Australian water management . After more than a decade of damage , secrecy , and failed assurances , the current system has lost the trust of the people it governs . Decisions about our rivers and water resources have been made behind closed doors , based on disputed science , broken accounting , and shifting political priorities . This is a systemic failure . Communities across the country have been stripped of water , jobs , and opportunity , yet no one has ever been properly held to account . Water has been taken , economies hollowed out , and family businesses pushed to the brink all without a full , independent examination of how or why these decisions were made . What on earth are Australians supposed to trust ? The same agencies that design water policy are allowed to assess their own performance . That is not accountability . When livelihoods are destroyed and food production reduced , Australians deserve more than internal reviews and political talking points . A Federal Royal Commission has the power to compel evidence , examine decisions across jurisdictions , and expose how Australia's water system has been run . Without it , the truth will remain buried . If we are serious about the environment , regional communities , and national food security , then sunlight is essential . Our water should never be managed in secrecy . It is too important to be protected by silence . I will continue to push for a Federal Royal Commission into Australian water until Australians get honest answers about what has happened and who paid the price . We can fix this system but only if we are prepared to confront the truth . Avoiding scrutiny is no longer acceptable . Australians deserve answers . And I will not stop until they get them . Helen Dalton MP for Murray Authorised by Helen Dalton MP , Funded using Parliamentary Entitlements . Griffith 02 6962 6644 Deniliquin 03 5881 7034 Buronga 0475 683 288 murray@parliament.nsw.gov.au