Flanked by 20 farmers, irrigators and business people on the banks of the Goulburn River, Ms Sheed said Littleproud refused to listen to the community in the southern basin.
"For too long we've had water ministers from the northern region representing their own electorates, seeing water policies implemented into the southern basin that causes great damage to our communities" Ms Sheed said.
Numurkah irrigator Mark Bryant said it was important to support Ms Sheed."Littleproud doesn't seem to be listening,” Mr Bryant said.
“I would like the plan to be looked at. Why we're sending it south when we could be using it for food. All of a sudden people are leaving, it's a big blow to the community."
Ms Sheed said Mr Drum had a better grasp of the issue because of his dairy farming background.
She said Mr Drum had lived in the area and understood the socio-economic issues.
"There's been too much partisanship and there needs to be a situation where balance is brought back into the plan,” Ms Sheed said.
In response, Mr Drum accused Ms Sheed of "jumping into bed with (Victorian) Labor".
“Last week she was calling for me to be independent and she was calling for something else the week before,” he said.
“Suzanna Sheed shouldn’t worry about federal issues and understand that 90 per cent of water policy are state issues.
“If she’s worried about water, she should introduce a bill about speculators in the market as she has control of this as a member of parliament.”
Ms Sheed believes there should be a new investigation into why so much water is being sent to sustain the lower lakes in South Australia.
Palaeoecologist, Professor Peter Gell, has released a peer-reviewed report showing the lower lakes were not always freshwater.
Ms Sheed said she had no confidence in the Federal Government and had called on the Victorian Government to investigate the Lower Lakes.
"Littleproud not wanting to investigate this is the biggest disgrace of all," she said.
"It's time we got some balance back into the Murray Darling Basin that the issues here in the southern region are looked at."
Ms Sheed said the reports showed a decline in milk production, local families leaving and businesses closing down, including the Tongala Nestle milk factory.
Asked if this was a result of the drought, Ms Sheed said rain would not fix the problem and the 2016 floods made little difference.
"These communities are bleeding, it's not good enough the Federal Government is letting it happen" she said.
