Helen Dalton MP INDEPENDENT MEMBER FOR MURRAY PAR I have been encouraged by how much more people in parliament now seem to understand and care about water and its incredible importance to rural New South Wales. The Minns Government, and particularly Water Minister Rose Jackson, deserve I am currently urging the Minns Government to support my Water Management Amendment (Water Access License Register Reform) Bill 2024 which will end this madness. We all have real concerns about the secret ownership of water licences by foreign credit for listening and taking entities that use water trusts our concerns seriously when I raise the flaws in the way we manage our water in this State. In too many parts of rural NSW, we are losing Australian farms and Australian water to overseas interests who deliberately obscure who they are. We simply don't know who owns these foreign run farms that are set up on Australian land and powered by Australian water. Without a register of who owns our water, we are unable to keep track of foreign ownership. and a lack of a water register to hide who's really making the purchase. No-one should be allowed to buy our precious water anonymously and my Bill will end this madness. And because we don't have a water register YET, we don't even know who to complain to about this. This situation cannot be allowed to continue and NSW must finally have a water register and my Bill will achieve this. The time for anonymous water ownership is over. We must know who owns Australian water. 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 PAR I have been encouraged by how much more people in parliament now seem to understand and care about water and its incredible importance to rural New South Wales . The Minns Government , and particularly Water Minister Rose Jackson , deserve I am currently urging the Minns Government to support my Water Management Amendment ( Water Access License Register Reform ) Bill 2024 which will end this madness . We all have real concerns about the secret ownership of water licences by foreign credit for listening and taking entities that use water trusts our concerns seriously when I raise the flaws in the way we manage our water in this State . In too many parts of rural NSW , we are losing Australian farms and Australian water to overseas interests who deliberately obscure who they are . We simply don't know who owns these foreign run farms that are set up on Australian land and powered by Australian water . Without a register of who owns our water , we are unable to keep track of foreign ownership . and a lack of a water register to hide who's really making the purchase . No - one should be allowed to buy our precious water anonymously and my Bill will end this madness . And because we don't have a water register YET , we don't even know who to complain to about this . This situation cannot be allowed to continue and NSW must finally have a water register and my Bill will achieve this . The time for anonymous water ownership is over . We must know who owns Australian water . 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