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Barnaby Joyce’s dam water set to cost 100 times more than market rates

Project backed by the National party is expected to top $162,000 per megalitre if cost recovery is pursued

The Guardian - AU

Hells Gates Dam in north Queensland likely to be delayed as Labor signals more consultation needed

The future of the Hells Gates Dam in north Queensland is under a cloud with the new Labor government set to delay the $5.4 billion project in favour of further consultation.

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$Beetaloo Basin's 'absolutely immense' potential spruiked at oil and gas conference, but big fracking tests loom$

Beetaloo Basin's 'absolutely immense' potential spruiked at oil and gas conference, but big fracking tests loom

Buried deep in the Beetaloo Basin, it's estimated there is enough shale gas to power Australia for 300 years if the industry can work out how to frack it safely. Now, the industry is considering re-injecting wastewater into deep saline aquifers.

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Why Barnaby Joyce's 'gift' to farmers of a $5.4bn dam could create the 'most expensive water' in Australia

Barnaby Joyce's plan to spend $5.4 billion building the Hells Gates Dam dwarfs almost any pledge made during the election campaign. So is the dam, which aims to create an agricultural powerhouse in north Queensland, even viable?

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Queensland's coal seam gas industry still has a big salt problem

A leading environmental engineer says the issue of waste salt from the coal seam gas industry has been underestimated and the current plan put forward by the gas industry would require indefinite monitoring.

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Barnaby Joyce abolishes body set up to advise on major water projects after dam announcements

Exclusive: Letter from member to colleagues questioned whether government’s funding promises on dams made for ‘political purposes’, after body not consulted

The Guardian - AU

After the deluge: is it safe to get back in the water in Sydney?

Sunny days are luring us in for a dip, but experts warn harmful pollution levels remain a health risk and murky seas raise the risk of shark encounters

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What caused the ‘rain bomb’? How the unprecedented Queensland and NSW 2022 floods unfolded

The damage was much worse than predicted. So how did it come about, and how does it compare to the 2011 Brisbane disaster?

The Guardian - AU

Many Queensland schools to close as ‘unpredictable’ weather continues – as it happened

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