Traveston - it was a dam bad idea ...
More problems for Premier Beattie with the release of the Federal Senate report into the proposed Traveston Dam.
Federal Labor has backed the report which is critical of the Beattie government's approach to Traveston.
Guess Pete and KRudd won't be speaking anytime soon ...
Excerpt from the Courier Mail:
Labor split a dam buster
16 August 2007
The Federal Opposition has backed a damaging Senate report that will put pressure on the State Labor Government to scrap its controversial Traveston Dam plan.
In a major blow to the $1.7 billion project, three Labor senators sided with the Coalition in raising "serious concerns" about the controversial dam, near Gympie.
The long-awaited report – to be released today – questions the impact of the 180,000-megalitre dam on the environment and the State Government's lack of consultation with the community.
Doubts are also raised about the project's hydrology and engineering.
The Federal Opposition's endorsement of the report could give Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull added justification to cancel the Traveston Dam project, after an assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, which is under way.
The endorsement also signals a widening rift with state Labor, following the damaging stoush with the Beattie Government over forced council mergers. Federal Labor fears mergers could cost Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd votes at the upcoming election.
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A key recommendation in the report asks Mr Turnbull to carefully consider the impact of the dam on the Mary River and rare animals such as the lungfish.
Another recommendation urges the State Government – if it does proceed – to properly consult and compensate affected communities, as well as release any relevant reports in a "timely" fashion.
Labor senators on the committee included John Hogg and Claire Moore from Queensland.
An additional report by Liberal senators Ian Macdonald and Russell Trood and Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce went further, arguing the dam should not proceed.
The Senate inquiry was established in February to examine "all reasonable" options to tackle the region's water shortage, with a special focus on Traveston Dam.
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See - Labor split over Traveston.
Federal Labor has backed the report which is critical of the Beattie government's approach to Traveston.
Guess Pete and KRudd won't be speaking anytime soon ...
Excerpt from the Courier Mail:
Labor split a dam buster
16 August 2007
The Federal Opposition has backed a damaging Senate report that will put pressure on the State Labor Government to scrap its controversial Traveston Dam plan.
In a major blow to the $1.7 billion project, three Labor senators sided with the Coalition in raising "serious concerns" about the controversial dam, near Gympie.
The long-awaited report – to be released today – questions the impact of the 180,000-megalitre dam on the environment and the State Government's lack of consultation with the community.
Doubts are also raised about the project's hydrology and engineering.
The Federal Opposition's endorsement of the report could give Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull added justification to cancel the Traveston Dam project, after an assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, which is under way.
The endorsement also signals a widening rift with state Labor, following the damaging stoush with the Beattie Government over forced council mergers. Federal Labor fears mergers could cost Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd votes at the upcoming election.
...
A key recommendation in the report asks Mr Turnbull to carefully consider the impact of the dam on the Mary River and rare animals such as the lungfish.
Another recommendation urges the State Government – if it does proceed – to properly consult and compensate affected communities, as well as release any relevant reports in a "timely" fashion.
Labor senators on the committee included John Hogg and Claire Moore from Queensland.
An additional report by Liberal senators Ian Macdonald and Russell Trood and Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce went further, arguing the dam should not proceed.
The Senate inquiry was established in February to examine "all reasonable" options to tackle the region's water shortage, with a special focus on Traveston Dam.
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See - Labor split over Traveston.
posted by Concerned Ratepayer at 6:31 AM
1 Comments:
So what now, are we to believe that Howard and Turnbull will support Beattie in his attempt to force all of S/E Qld. to drink recycled sewage water???
It will have to be direct potable reuse and maybe that is to be the world first demo they are all hoping for.
I can not see where it would be a vote catcher for any of them.
If people should be heard Mr Howard then give them a vote on the use of recycled sewage water!!!
3:58 PM, August 16, 2007
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