The Basin Plan, which communities have begrudgingly been drawn into, was criticised without the full context of how and why water has been bought back, infrastructure has been built, or why there has been a swing to certain crops.

"At best, it was jarring. At worst, it was simply foolish."

Deloitte's audit was quite damning in that Deloitte itself couldn't even verify enough information to provide a definitive conclusion.

The federal government has promised an ACCC inquiry into the water market. So why is it that the water market is so critical to our communities and river systems?