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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3616032" data-attributes="member: 92780">Thanks for that update   :t:Several good things to come out of the Matthews report:* The standing down of Hanlon* The 'no meter - no pump' recommendation* The 'publicly transparent licensing conditions and records' recommendation.I am less keen on a further layer of buearacracy though - surely the whole kit and kaboodle should be administered by the Federal Environment Department, and the Murray Darling Basin Plan should be reset within sustainable environmental limits.I think the Kingsford report shows that we are way over allocated even if everyone was playing by the rules.We need a reality check and to realize that 'lost water does not go to Mars' and therefore no 'new water' can be created by increasing irrigation efficiencies (even though that should be pursued).This is one of the largest and most beautiful river systems in the world - on one of the oldest, driest continents on earth - a paradise.The good faith of the Australian (and world) population has been betrayed, and I would agree that nothing less than a Royal Commission with broad ranging, open terms along the lines that I have detailed above is satisfactory.This is the time for a complete holistic reset - not just tinkering at the edges, or thinking that regulatory reform is the endgame ......Chosun    :gh:</blockquote>