THE Murray-Darling Basin Plan is "a catastrophe" and has been "predicated on a lie", according to Member for Murray Helen Dalton.

Ms Dalton visited Wentworth on Thursday and discussed "big issues" of water quality, the unregulated development of almonds and foreign ownership of water and land.

She also met Wentworth Shire Mayor Melisa Hederics to discuss which issues needed to be pushed with the...