The Latest Breaking News from Hells Gates

Why Barnaby Joyce's 'gift' to farmers of a $5.4bn dam could create the 'most expensive water' in Australia

Barnaby Joyce's plan to spend $5.4 billion building the Hells Gates Dam dwarfs almost any pledge made during the election campaign. So is the dam, which aims to create an agricultural powerhouse in north Queensland, even viable?

ABC News · May 3, 2022

The budget hands out $21 billion for 'regional Australia', but a quarter of it is going to a single project in Queensland

This years’s budget has offered up “unprecedented” funding for regional Australia, according to the Morrison government’s budget sell.

The Conversation · Mar 31, 2022

‘Pie in the sky’: Coalition’s $6bn dams pitch puts politics before process

Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce are touting themselves as nation-builders to Queensland marginal seats that swung its way last election

The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2022

Hells Gates Dam receives $5.4 billion funding to unlock northern agriculture

A $5.4 billion plan to build the Hells Gates Dam announced by the federal government is set to create water security for the region, particularly for the agricultural sector.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2022

Federal funds of $5.4 billion for Qld dam

Funding of $5.4 billion is being put up by the federal government to build the Hells Gates Dam in North Queensland, creating jobs and opening up irrigation.

AAP · Mar 22, 2022