Tag: ROUS COUNTY COUNCIL
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ROUS COUNTY COUNCIL VOTES AGAINST RESCISSION MOTION, DUNOON DAM STILL SHELVED
Rous County Council held its first meeting of the year today, with the proposed Dunoon Dam a hot topic, despite it being binned in December. Councillors debated a rescission motion – aiming to stop the sale of the dam site. Though temperatures flared, no one changed their vote.
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DOZENS GATHER FOR DUNOON DAM PROTEST IN LISMORE’S CBD
Dozens of people have gathered in Lismore’s CBD, to urge Rous County Council to stop the Dunoon dam proposal for good. Traditional landowners organised the rally ahead of the water supply authority’s next meeting this coming week Plans for the 50-gigalitre dam were scrapped in December, but a rescission motion will be debated on Wednesday.…
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DEBATE CONTINUES AROUND POTENTIAL DAM AT DUNOON: SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN SCRAPPED?
Plans for a potential dam at Dunoon sparked a major debate across the Far North Coast, causing it to be scrapped by Rous County Council. But many still believe it’s the wrong decision, and worry about the region’s future water supply without it.
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PLANS FOR MEGA DUNOON DAM SCRAPPED DURING COUNCIL MEETING
A last minute motion has seen the proposed 50 gigalitre dam at Dunoon scrapped from Rous County Council’s Future Water Project. The move blind-sided some councillors who feel the decision was made before knowing all of the facts.
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COUNCIL SCRAPS PLANS FOR CONTROVERSIAL DAM AT DUNOON
Rous County Council has scrapped controversial plans for a 50 gigalitre dam at Dunoon. The dam was part of council’s Future Water Project to secure the Northern Rivers’ water supply to 2060, but residents raised environmental and Indigenous heritage concerns.
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FORMER PREMIER JOINS FIGHT AGAINST PROPOSED DUNOON DAM
Debate over a proposed 50-gigalitre dam at Dunoon is heating up, ahead of a council meeting next month. A former New South Wales Premier has weighed in, claiming the proposal threatens critical rainforest in the Channon Gorge.
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NEW ALLIANCE FORMS TO FIGHT FOR WATER SOLUTIONS
Controversy surrounds plans for a new dam at Dunoon, with many opposed to it being built. But a group of activists is taking it one step further – forming a new alliance to promote a range of different solutions.
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LOCAL RECYCLED WATER PLANT “HIGHLY LIKELY” AS FEDERAL BUDGET ANNOUNCED
New water infrastructure on the Northern Rivers is looking like a possibility. Rous County Council has some shovel-ready projects, and are hoping a recycled water plant will receive a piece of the budget.
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OPPOSITION TO 50 GIGALITRE DUNOON DAM REACHES BOILING POINT
Opposition to a proposed dam at Dunoon is reaching boiling point with some labelling the idea as “catastrophic”. Rous County Council has received hundreds of submissions on the dam, it’s fate could be known as early as December.
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LOCALS OPPOSE PROPOSAL OF NEW DUNOON DAM
The possibility of a new dam in the Northern Rivers is causing concern for many local residents. Rous County Council’s plan is on public exhibition, with hundreds of people already submitting their disapproval.