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Morrison's green light for Queensland's Hells Gates Dam threatens ... (The Guardian)

PM announces $5.4bn in funding for project that's yet to have environmental approvals or final business case.

But he said he opposed the prime minister’s plan, claiming the dam would be too small to irrigate a large enough area in inland Queensland. Katter was also critical that it would be built on “unreliable basalt rock country”, and claimed locals would oppose it. “We’ve done the homework on Hells Gates Dam and it’s now time to get on and build it. We’re still a long way to meeting our water quality targets and [Hells Gate] is only going to further hamper that progress.” They include best-practice management programs for farmers and regulations imposed by the Queensland government. A final business case is not expected to be completed until after the federal election. Significant work has been done in the Burdekin Basin to assist farmers reduce pollution heading out to the reef from the catchment.

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Gov backing 'wrong horse' on Hells Gate Dam: Bob Katter (The North West Star)

Federal member for Kennedy Bob Katter says the prime minister has backed the wrong horse on the Hells Gates Dam project saying the proposed dam wall is too ...

Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers.

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$5.4 billion in federal funding for Hells Gates Dam | Prime Minister of ... (Prime Minister of Australia)

The Morrison-Joyce Government has locked in $5.4 billion to build the Hells Gates Dam in North Queensland that will create thousands of jobs while ...

This will create more jobs and generate more wealth for our nation. “We’ve done the homework on Hells Gates Dam and it’s now time to get on and build it. “We have put the money to build Hells Gates in the bank and we are ready to get on with the job.” “The sooner water flows in the west, the sooner we can sell more products to the world and earn the money that will help make Australia as strong as possible as quickly as possible. “North Queensland holds enormous agricultural opportunity and this funding for Hells Gates is part of our plan to unlock this major irrigation expansion,” the Deputy Prime Minister said. The Morrison-Joyce Government has locked in $5.4 billion to build the Hells Gates Dam in North Queensland that will create thousands of jobs while delivering water security for the region, particularly for the agriculture sector.

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Govt backing 'wrong horse' on Hells Gate Dam: Bob Katter (The Singleton Argus)

Federal member for Kennedy Bob Katter says the prime minister has backed the wrong horse on the Hells Gates Dam project saying the proposed dam wall is too small. Mr Katter was speaking after PM Scott Morrison went to Townsville in north Queensland on ...

Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers.

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Hells Gates Dam receives $5.4 billion funding to unlock northern ... (ABC News)

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 ...

The federal government said construction of Hells Gates Dam is expected to create more than 7,000 jobs. "Water is getting scarce and we need more infrastructure to catch the water as it falls in a different pattern over time," she said. - The dam is still subject to a business case and environmental approvals. The much-anticipated Hells Gates Dam project proposes a 2,100 gigalitre dam in the Upper Burdekin catchment, 120 kilometres north-west of Townsville in north Queensland. - The 2,100-gigalitre dam is forecast to unlock agriculture in northern Australia. The giant $5.4 billion Hells Gates Dam project has received guaranteed funding, unlocking the agriculture sector in some of the driest parts of northern Australia.

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