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November 27, 2019

Public meeting on the proposed raising of Warragamba Dam wall

On Monday 25 November 2019, the Select Committee on the Proposal to Raise the Warragamba Dam Wall will hold the first hearing for its inquiry.

 

Witnesses will include:
Dr Chas Keys, Former Deputy Director-General, SES (Honorary Associate of Risk Frontiers)
Professor Jamie Pittock, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University

Mr Simon Draper, CEO, Infrastructure NSW
The  hearing  will  commence  at  1pm  in  the  Macquarie  Room  at  the Windsor  Function  Centre, 7 Dight Street Windsor. The hearing is open to the public. Further hearings are scheduled in early 2020. For further information on the inquiry, including the terms of reference, and submissions received, please visit the committee's website.
-- Attached is the Parliamentary Committees media release and hearing schedule for the hearing --

Hearing schedule 

Parliamentary press release 

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