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Opposition Leader
Deb Frecklington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 16, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State Government has voted against holding an open inquiry into the safety of Paradise Dam in Parliament.<\/p>\n

Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington moved a Private Member’s Motion on Wednesday to investigate the dam’s design, construction and operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cLabor is literally draining Paradise Dam to 42 per cent while two-thirds of Queensland is drought declared,\u201d Mrs Frecklington said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s dam madness and shows the wrong priorities of the Palaszczuk Labor Government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wide Bay Burnett community deserves to know if this dam was designed and constructed properly.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“They should know exactly why the dam had to be reduced, and they deserve to know what Labor\u2019s plan is to fix this mess.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Parliamentary Inquiry would have delivered those answers but Labor voted against it because they are clearly afraid of what it might find out.<\/p>\n

\u201cLabor has not built a dam in regional Queensland since 2005 and it now appears that dam was a botched job.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is astounding that a modern dam cannot last more than 13 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunities are at breaking point and towns are running dry, yet Annastacia Palaszczuk gives the green light for 105,000 megalitres of water to flow into the Coral Sea.”<\/p>\n

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