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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.

Sun powers $1.3M project to keep Collinsville water flowing

The project will provide the region with welcome jobs and could see water prices stabilise.

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20th July 2020 5:07 AM

Funding for a solar project in Collinsville was included in Whitsunday Regional Council’s 2020-21 budget. Picture: iStock

‘Get the thing moving’: Landry’s Rookwood frustration

Michelle Landry has blasted the Qld Government over playing politics with Rookwood Weir.

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03rd April 2020 5:04 PM

ROOKWOOD UPDATE: Capricornia MP Michelle Landry and newly announced LNP candidate for Keppel Adrian de Groot are frustrated with the ongoing delays in building Rookwood Weir.

Rookwood Weir’s capacity revealed after redesign process

There were fears Rookwood Weir’s redesign would see the project shrunk to the size of a ‘bathtub’.

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03rd April 2020 12:04 AM

WEIR CAPACITY: A cost blow out for the Rookwood Weir project forced a redesign last year, creating community concern that it wouldn’t hold enough water.

Pressure to show cards on Rookwood weir

Details have remained elusive for the redesign of the Rookwood weir project following last year’s cost blow out.

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14th Feb. 2020 12:02 AM

ROOKWOOD UNCERTAINTY: Members of the LNP are unhappy that the Queensland Government were yet to release the formal specifications for Rookwood Weir after a redesign.

$2b government water loan fund hasn’t given a cent

The federal government’s two billion dollar loan scheme to help state governments build water infrastructure hasn’t given...

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24th Oct. 2019 5:10 AM

New South Wales River Systems In Severe Decline As Drought Continues

Region’s water security impacted by changes to Rookwood Weir

Research has revealed Rockhampton’s water security to be vulnerable.

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27th Sept. 2019 11:09 AM

WEIR SITE: Concerns surround what size Rookwood Weir will built several hundred metres upstream from this spot on the Fitzroy River.

'We are pissed off': Dam wall's surprise lowering slammed

Mayor says decision, announced in the media, left her 'speechless' as the council and irrigation groups slam the lack of...

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24th Sept. 2019 1:09 PM

OUTPOURING OF ANGER: The State Government has copped flack from Bundaberg and North Burnett councils for its decision to lower Paradise Dam's spillway by 5m. A decision it made without consultation.

Dalveen water project planned as SDRC asks to redirect funds

EXCITING infrastructure proposals could lead to two developments.

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18th Sept. 2019 5:09 AM

WATER IN RESERVE: Dalveen could see the introduction of a new reservoir.

'Just keeping the animals alive': Water supplies dry up

Farmer calls for improvements to water infrastructure after his Barker Barambah scheme allocation is stopped.

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13th Aug. 2019 5:08 AM

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