Greens call to ‘dump the dam’
Sep 23rd, 2008 |
The Newcastle Greens today responded to the new Premier’s apparent $1 billion hole in the state’s finances with a call to dump the proposed $350 million Tillegra Dam. The Greens Newcastle Lord Mayoral and Ward 1 candidate, Cr Michael Osborne, said “the proposed Tillegra Dam is not needed, will devastate the Williams River catchment and will cause a large increase in the bills of Newcastle residents. If the new Premier is looking to cut wasteful spending then he need look no further than the proposed Tillegra Dam.”
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