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Cash for existing projects wanted before Bradfield Scheme

‘Let’s not talk about a new Rolls Royce until you fix the old one’

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14th Sept. 2020 7:09 AM

Bowen Gumlu Growers Association president Carl Walker says the New Bradfield Scheme is a good idea but “not for now”. Picture: File.

Momentum flows for Urannah Dam as milestone reached

Project would dam the Broken River southeast of Collinsville.

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19th March 2020 5:03 AM

Urannah Creek, site of proposed Urannah Dam, west of Mackay.

GREEN LIGHT: Business case signed off for Urannah Dam

Project to undergo detailed business case and environmental impact statement.

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13th Dec. 2019 12:12 AM

Environmentalists attack Adani ’water grab’

The day after public sumbissions closed on a controversial water scheme, environmentalists have launched a new attack

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01st Oct. 2019 12:10 AM

ACF campaigner, Christian Slattery, accused Adani of basing its environmental modelling on “best case scenarios” and “cherrypicking data”. AAP Image/Glenn Hunt

Court turfs Eumundi farmers’ dams proposal

Turf farmers Tony and Jane Blatch are disappointed their dreams of water security have been crushed by a national company...

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13th Sept. 2019 5:09 AM

A Planning and Environment Court appeal has put an end to plans to build three dams on Tony and Jane Blatch's Eumundi turf farm.

Water win: Coast earmarked for next major dam

FUTURE SUNSHINE COAST: Southeast Queensland's next new bulk water source has been earmarked to be built on the Coast to...

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06th May 2019 10:05 AM

IMPORTANT: Baroon Pocket Dam, the Coast's largest water source, is vital to the region's future.

No political appetite for dam plan

FARMERS have welcomed a CSIRO report identifying key irrigation projects which could provide a $5.3 billion boost to the...

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31st Aug. 2018 2:08 AM

A free flowing Chinamans Dam at Cloncurry. Picture: Lachie Millard

Wet weekend adds three months to Coast drinking water supply

HEAVY rain and storms that hit the Sunshine Coast last Friday and over the weekend have filled the region's dams, except...

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27th Feb. 2018 7:02 AM

MP's grand plan for Mackay, Whitsunday's tourist market

MP Jason Costigan wants to create a tourist experience with a difference in the Mackay-Whitsunday hinterland

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23rd Jan. 2017 2:01 PM

Whitsuday MP Jason Costigan is proposing a tourist drive that takes in Kinchant, Teemburra, Eungella and Peter Faust dams and the proposed Urannah dam.

Budget puts billions up for grabs for regional dam building

BILLIONS of dollars are up for grabs as the Federal Government opens the floodgates to encourage regional Australia to...

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03rd May 2016 7:05 PM

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