The ‘Sisters of Mary’ alongside Senator Barnaby Joyce and others, on the steps of the Brisbane Convention Centre, day two of the Senate Inquiry into the dam. The previous day more than a hundred people crammed into the small conference centre at Gympie for the first hearing.
A total of 199 submissions were received by the Senate, and all but one—the State Government’s—were critical of the dam proposal. A number of those who made a submission had the opportunity to make presentations at the hearings and were subject to cross examination. Social, environmental and economic impacts were tabled, although the media’s coverage has, once again, been largely concerned with upstream issues. ourgreatsandy.com (read our submission here) joined the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) (here), in drawing attention to the impacts expected to occur in the Great Sandy region. The Hervey Bay City Council (HBCC) also reinforced these concerns by re-entering the ourgreatsandy.com submission.
The inquiry will resume in Canberra in May to hear submissions on alternatives to the Traveston project, including Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s proposal to pump water from northern New South Wales rivers to southeast Queensland.
A total of 199 submissions were received by the Senate, and all but one—the State Government’s—were critical of the dam proposal. A number of those who made a submission had the opportunity to make presentations at the hearings and were subject to cross examination. Social, environmental and economic impacts were tabled, although the media’s coverage has, once again, been largely concerned with upstream issues. ourgreatsandy.com (read our submission here) joined the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO) (here), in drawing attention to the impacts expected to occur in the Great Sandy region. The Hervey Bay City Council (HBCC) also reinforced these concerns by re-entering the ourgreatsandy.com submission.
The inquiry will resume in Canberra in May to hear submissions on alternatives to the Traveston project, including Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s proposal to pump water from northern New South Wales rivers to southeast Queensland.
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