Indi independent MP Cathy McGowan has called on the Water Resources Minister Barnaby Joyce to visit north-east Victoria and answer questions about the recent releases of water from the Lake Hume weir.
Ms McGowan told Federal Parliament there was a serious problem with communication from the Murray Darling Basin Austhority about the rate of outflows from the weir.
“Who is responsible?,” Ms McGowan said.
“The minister for water is responsible. So I … call on the Minister for Water to come to north-east Victoria, face the people of my electorate and explain what is going on,” she said.
“The MDBA has on its website a live river data section, but it is retrospective and has been criticised by the Murray River Community Action Group's president Richard Sargood, who represents the low-lying property owners.
“The MDBA Twitter account has not tweeted about release levels from Lake Hume.
“This is a month ago. We knew we had a problem; the MDBA knew they had a problem and over the last month they have seriously failed to address the communication issues of people in north-east Victoria and southern New South Wales.”
