MEMBER for Albury Justin Clancy does not believe a federal royal commission into water is needed.
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Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party member for Murray Helen Dalton had tabled the document collated by Speak Up, a group representing southern Murray-Darling Basin irrigators upset at water handling.
Mr Clancy pointed to the Productivity Commission, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and former police commissioner Mick Keelty examining the basin's management.
"There are a number of inquiries in place and I don't see a royal commission as a panacea," Mr Clancy said.
But Mrs Dalton suggested Mr Clancy failed to comprehend the intricacies of water control.
"Justin is a nice bloke but hearing his speech (in parliament), he has no idea about regulated water," she said.
"He doesn't understand the whole gravity of this.
"It's our last hope, we need a royal commission to unearth corruption."
In his speech, Mr Clancy cited the National Irrigators Council chief executive Steve Whan, who has pointed to previous recommendations not implemented and declared "we need action, not grandstanding".
National Party leader and deputy premier John Barilaro, who met irrigators who traveled to Sydney for last week's parliamentary sitting, said after meeting them he supported a royal commission.
Mrs Dalton said Mr Barilaro had backed a royal commission during a visit to outback NSW last year but then voted against it in August.
"It's bipolar politics but whether they (Nationals) truly support a royal commission is doubtful because they are reasons why they don't want transparency with water," she said.
An anonymous Nationals MP has sparked a review by the NSW Speaker into whether Mrs Dalton has breached Parliament's code of conduct by arguing for increased water allocations.
Mrs Dalton said she had been upfront in declaring her water interests and noting further allocations would decrease the value of water and in turn her assets.
