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Former SES Deputy Director to give evidence opposing Warragamba Dam at Parliamentary Inquiry

November 27, 2019

Former SES Deputy Director and flood specialist, Dr Chas keys, will give evidence to a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry at 2pm tomorrow (November 25) against the rising of Warragamba Dam wall held at the Windsor Community Centre.

COMMUNITIES CONDEMN STATE GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL TO RAISE THE WARRAGAMBA DAM WALL

November 12, 2019

The communities of Blue Mountains City and Wollondilly Shire came together today (Sunday, 10 November 2019) to condemn the State Government proposal to raise the Warragamba Dam wall.  

Second protest targets Warragamba Dam consultant SMEC

November 12, 2019

Opponents of NSW Government plans to flood thousands of hectares of Blue Mountains World Heritage wilderness by raising Warragamba Dam wall staged a peaceful protest this morning at the Sydney offices of Snowy Mountains Engineering Corps’ (SMEC) in Parramatta.

Protest targets Warragamba Dam consultant SMEC

October 17, 2019

Opponents of NSW Government plans to flood thousands of hectares of Blue Mountains World Heritage wilderness by raising Warragamba Dam wall staged a peaceful protest this morning at the Sydney headquarters of Snowy Mountains Engineering Corps’ (SMEC) in North Sydney.

Warragamba consultant embroiled in international dam controversies

October 13, 2019

Seventeen Indigenous and environmental NGOs from six countries have made a damning joint submission to a parliamentary inquiry about the consultant commissioned by the NSW Government to do cultural and environmental assessments for the raising of Warragamba Dam. The submission is available here.

Warragamba consultant embroiled in international dam controversies

October 11, 2019

Seventeen Indigenous and environmental NGOs from six countries have made a damning joint submission to a parliamentary inquiry about the consultant commissioned by the NSW Government to do cultural and environmental assessments for the raising of Warragamba Dam. The submission is available here.

Stuart Ayres attacks former SES Director over Warragamba Dam

October 10, 2019

Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, has today attacked the former NSW SES Deputy Director, Dr Chas Keys, over NSW Liberal Government plans to raise Warragamba Dam, with Minister Ayres dismissing his advice in the Sydney Morning Herald as “illogical”.

Warragamba Dam engineering firm’s racist history revealed

October 01, 2019

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corps (SMEC), the engineering firm tasked with completing the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the NSW Government project to raise Warragamba Dam wall, has today been revealed for having numerous question marks over its relationships with First Nation’s people on previous...

Sussan Ley must stand up for Australia’s world heritage before Stuart Ayres’ dam plans

September 28, 2019

Community groups are calling on Sussan Ley to clarify comments she made in The Australian newspaper today about dams. Environment Minister Ley told the paper she was “working with NSW to streamline the assessment of dam projects under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation...

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