Tillegra refund on water bills
According to an article in the Newcastle Herald most Lower Hunter householders who pay water service charges will be credited $36 off their March water bills as a refund for money paid towards the Tillegra dam. Water service charges will also be reduced in the next two financial years to remove a dam charge factored into water prices, under an Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal determination that the state government has adopted.
It really is Jodi McKay as Minister for the Hunter who needs to show some leadership and give a little back to the Dungog community that has been treated with such disrespect during the whole dam debacle – judging by the reponse of Letters to the Editor in the Newcastle Herald the local community are ready to move forward.