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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies

Dungowan dam doubles in projected costs, has no business case, no environmental approval yet is ‘moving ahead’

The productivity commission found the proposed dam was a ‘costly way’ to deliver more water to Tamworth amid fears of a water shortage in the town
The productivity commission found the proposed dam was a ‘costly way’ to deliver more water to Tamworth amid fears of a water shortage in the town. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

It’s been called a “flawed” project by the productivity commission. It still has no business case or environmental approval and it’s already doubled in cost before construction can begin.

But this week the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, announced the Dungowan dam near Tamworth was “moving ahead”.

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