The controversy over the multibillion dollar plan to lift the Warragamba Dam wall may not be over, with incoming ministers in the Minns New South Wales government briefed that safety issues might necessitate work on the giant dam wall.
Labor went to the March election vowing to dump the Coalition government’s plan to raise the wall at Sydney’s main reservoir by at least 14 metres. In the pre-election review of promises, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) noted scrapping the project would save $3.9m in 2022-23, implying further funds had not been earmarked for the project.
