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Tillegra Dam
The NSW Labor government is set to impose this massive water supply project on Newcastle residents. The Greens NSW are campaigning to stop construction of Tillegra Dam in the Hunter Valley as expensive, unnecessary and socially and environmentally damaging.
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Dungog Council votes against Mayor and Tillegra proposal
The myth of local community support for Tillegra has been exploded by Dungog Council's overwhelming vote of no confidence in its Mayor, Glenn Wall, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Dungog Council move on Mayor for failure to represent on dam
Dungog Mayor Glenn Wall should resign for failing to express the Dungog Council's position on Tillegra dam regardless of the numbers at tonight's Council meeting, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Hunter Water's Tillegra spin fails to cut through
A survey of Hunter residents shows that the proposed Tillegra Dam is deeply unpopular, with less than a quarter of respondents to the Hunter valley Research Institute poll supporting the $477 million project or believing it should go ahead.
Hunter Water sanitises wetlands recommendations
Hunter Water rewrote its own wetlands consultant's recommendations in the Tillegra Dam Environmental Assessment Report, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
New report shoots hole in Tillegra
Independent research by world-leading UNSW wetlands expert Professor Richard Kingsford (http://bit.ly/TillegraReport) warns that the proposed Tillegra Dam would seriously damage nationally significant wetlands at the mouth of the Hunter River, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Cancel Tillegra Dam and spend $477m on necessary projects
The Greens are calling on NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal to cancel the proposed the Tillegra Dam project near Dungog in the Upper Hunter and instead commit the borrowing to new rail, health and education infrastructure.
Keneally govt must put Tillegra plans on hold
Greens NSW MP John Kaye welcomed the Liberal-National Party to the campaign to stop Tillegra Dam and called on the Keneally government to put its plans on hold until after the next election.
Hunter Water ignores recycling to pump up case for Tillegra
Greens NSW MP John Kaye accused Hunter Water of ignoring recycling as a source of water for industry in order to inflate its case for Tillegra Dam.
Hunter Water Tillegra charge is 'outside legal right': lawyer
As a growing number of Hunter residents are refusing to shell out the $15 surcharge on their water bills to pay for Tillegra Dam, the Greens have released legal advice that suggests that Hunter Water is acting unlawfully in forcing households and small businesses to pay for the $477 million dam that does not have planning permission.
Keneally to get No Tillegra Dam messages
Greens NSW MP John Kaye joined with independent member for Lake Macquarie Greg Piper in taking almost a thousand letters from Hunter Valley residents opposing the Tillegra Dam to the NSW parliament today.
