THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) is shocked and alarmed that Mick Keelty, interim inspector- general of the Murray-Darling ­Basin, has failed to react to the ­recent decisions of the Queensland and New South Wales governments to allow recent floodwaters in the northern basin to be diverted for consumption. 

This recent rain is a first flush for the system and should have been protected to ensure it reached the southern basin and Menindee Lakes.