No Tillegra Dam Group

NSW Planning Minister Tony Kelly told parliament on two occasions this week that Tillegra Dam was being developed to secure water supplies for the Central Coast as well as the Lower Hunter (see answers to questions without notice below).

The Australian Academy of Science High Flyers Think Tank 2006 Report, Innovative technical solutions for water management in Australia is an important report to government that is timely, well received and should be instrumental in influencing policy development. “The Think Tank participants suggested that Australia should gradually abandon the more expensive, vulnerable and non-sustainable approaches to [...]

Louise Hall in the  Sydney Morning Herald August 21, 2010, writes… CLAIMS that the case for building the controversial $477 million Tillegra dam is based on outdated climate change and population data and flawed environmental modelling are being taken seriously by the state government. The Department of Planning commissioned at least four independent experts to [...]

You are invited to  Community Forum on Tillegra Dam please bring a friend… Will the next Federal Government protect the Williams River? The Wilderness Society, is hosting a public forum on the proposed Tillegra Dam as a member of the Save the Williams River Coalition. When: 6pm, Tuesday August 17, 2010 Where: Maitland Town Hall, [...]

At the Stroke of a Pen photographic exhibition has now come down after three months at John Hunter Hospital so the web is it’s only access to the world now….If you want to get a viewing of what’s at stake have a look at the slide show.

The Wilderness Society has criticised both Labor and the Coalition for failing to present clear, positive policies to protect our environment.  The Wilderness Society has released its Federal Environment Policy Priorities for 2010  and identifies the massive threats to the Williams River posed by Tillegra Dam, as a matter of national significance. The proposed Tillegra [...]

Letters to the Editor submitted to Newcastle Herald: Peter Shinnick (NH, 23/7) is wrong to assert that there is a requirement to boost water supplies in the Lower Hunter and that the Tillegra dam is the most affordable and environmentally sensitive way to do this. Water demand in the Lower Hunter has dropped by nearly [...]

The Hunter Business Chamber hypocritically supports the building of Tillegra Dam.  Investing in the Tillegra Dam seems to me to break all the rules the Chamber would apply for responsible business management. I run a small business.  Hunter Water’s business is very much larger but we both play by similar rules.  We make sure we [...]

NSW opposition leader Barry O’Farrell has pledged to scrap the Tillegra Dam project saying it was poorly planned and would not fix water shortages in the area. Read more here and here.

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You are invited to an exhibition of the Williams River Artists’ Project: 30 April – 2 May 2010  10 am-3pm. Entry via free bus from Tocal Agricultural College Field Days (entry fees apply -see www.tocalfielddays.com).  Tocal is 180 km North of Sydney via the F3 Freeway. It is 14 km North of Maitland on the [...]

Hunter Water has begun charging ratepayers for the controversial Tillegra dam, despite the fact it has not yet got planning approval, and ratepayers are refusing to pay for something that doesn’t exist and they don’t want! Watch the ABC News video.