The New South Wales water minister has revealed it is unlikely a long-awaited project to ensure water security for an outback town can be built without increased funding from the Commonwealth.

Rose Jackson told ABC Broken Hill "I won't bullshit people" when asked about the Wilcannia Weir project, saying her government needed the federal government's help to fund it.

The state government previously allocated about $70 million for the weir upgrade, but Ms Jackson said a further $30–40 million was needed to achieve the design the community wanted.

The last time the federal government indicated its contribution to the project was in 2022, when then-water minister Tanya Plibersek committed $15 million , a contribution first announced by the previous Coalition government in 2018.

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