Water issue flows into election campaign

By Angus Livingston
Updated April 22 2019 - 5:33pm, first published 5:27pm
Labor is deciding whether to back calls for a royal commission into an $80m water purchase.
Labor is deciding whether to back calls for a royal commission into an $80m water purchase.

A controversial $80 million water purchase in 2017 in the Murray-Darling Basin has flooded valuable campaigning time for Scott Morrison, as he tried to win over the migrant vote.

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