Media Coverage Archive
This page contains an archive of media coverage about the proposal to raise the Warragamba dam wall.
Dam wall to be raised at Warragamba
ABC Local, Lawrence Champness, 28 February 2013. Dam wall to be raised at Warragamba - ABC Sydney - Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Federal Government are planning to spend $50 million dollars over ten years to raise the wall of Warragamba Dam. It is set to be...
read moreSydney’s Warragamba dam to be raised to prevent catastrophic flooding
The Guardian, Australian Associated Press, 17 June 2016.<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://assets.guim.co.uk/stylesheets/f69b54db6ffe3022d3b6f7f47c38b759/content.css"/> A dam wall in one of New South Wales’s biggest flood-risk...
read morePenrith Lakes Parkland could be western Sydney’s Barangaroo
SMH, Nicole Hasham, 4 December 2014. It has been touted as Western Sydney's answer to Barangaroo, and a NSW government plan to turn a dusty quarry into a lakeside urban wonderland may prove just as divisive. The government has revived a decades-old vision to flood...
read moreMillions spent to prevent dam disasters despite longest odds
SMH, Nicole Hasham, 1 February 2014. Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent protecting dams against highly unlikely catastrophes that dam authorities have likened to the odds of winning Lotto. The government this week responded to concerns raised by...
read moreResidents want dam wall reopened to breathe life back into township
IAN PATERSON, PENRITH PRESS, APRIL 29, 2014. WARRAGAMBA has fallen into a slumber thanks to the closure of the “quiet beast”. The dam has been closed to the public since 1998 and the town has been in hibernation ever since. Warragamba Silverdale Residents Alliance...
read moreWarragamba Dam wall raising divides experts on $1 billion cost, efficiency
SMH, Nicole Hasham, March 12 2014. Spending up to $1 billion raising Warragamba Dam wall is the best way to protect thousands of Sydney homes from being destroyed by flood, a major state government review has found. But environmentalists say the mammoth project, which...
read moreExperts split over value of raising dam wall
SMH, Peter Hannam, Ben Cubby, MARCH 1 2013. Raising the Warragamba Dam wall by 23 metres will cost up to $800 million, it has been claimed, with experts divided over its value for reducing flooding. Prime Minister Julia Gillard reignited debate by pledging $50 million...
read moreMore Questions over the need to raise Warragamba Dam
ABC News, Sarah Hawke, Updated 28 Feb 2013. Councils in Western Sydney have backed the Federal Government's proposal to provide funding to lift the wall of Sydney's Warragamba Dam. But some environmental engineers and conservationists have questioned the need to do...
read moreEnvironmentalists reeling from NSW government’s plans to raise Warragamba Dam wall
Blue Mountains Gazette, B.C Lewis, 20 Jun 2016. Environmentalists are reeling from the NSW government’s plans to raise the wall of Warragamba Dam by 14 metres. Keith Muir, director of the Colong Foundation for Wilderness, said plans in the coming NSW Budget to commit...
read moreWarragamba Dam: Wall flood-protection plan raises environmental concerns
ABC News, 17 June 2016. By state political reporter Sarah Gerathy. A decision to raise the wall of Sydney's Warragamba Dam will provide vital flood protection for communities downstream, the NSW Government says, but critics have raised environmental concerns about the...
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