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Bundaberg farmers call for Paradise Dam wall fix two years after water release
23/SEPT/21 – Courier Mail
Bundaberg farmers welcome recent rainfall but face grim growing season past July
07/APR/21 – Queensland Country Life
Bree Grima – New Capacity of Paradise Dam
13/APR/21 – Rural Queensland Today with Ben Dobbin
Wide Bay Burnett remains desperately dry despite La Niña drenching much of Australia
12/APR/21 – ABC Australia
Bundaberg facing major water crisis
26/MAR/21 – Sky News Australia
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26/MAR/21 – Bundaberg Sugar Ltd
More than 4000 megalitres of water has poured in Paradise Dam from recent rain, but farmers say it’s not enough
18/MAR/21 – 7 News Wide Bay
Paradise Dam woes intensify as water costs skyrocket
17/MAR/21 – Tom Marland
Speaking again tonight in the Senate on Paradise Dam
16/MAR/21 – Senator James McGrath
Dry weather add urgency to the Paradise Dam class action
16/MAR/21 – Tom Marland
Paradise Dam: Risk of failure reduced but long-term future in doubt
12/MAR/21 – Queensland Country Life
Confronting images of Paradise Dam have highlighted the true state of the region’s biggest water resource
03/MAR/21 – 7 News Wide Bay
Farmers v Government – Bundaberg’s Paradise Dam Battle is Headed to Supreme Court
03/MAR/21 – Triple M
Bundaberg farmers raise $1 Million for Paradise Dam class action
02/MAR/21 – Queensland Country Life
10 days – that’s all the time it took for the community to raise $1 million for a class action against the State Government over the state of Paradise Dam
02/MAR/21 – 7 News Wide Bay
Tom Marland – Update on Paradise Dam Class Action
23/FEB/21 – Rural Queensland Today with Ben Dobbin
Water security critical for macadamia industry growth
18/FEB/21 – Bundaberg Now
Speaking on Paradise Dam, the greatest infrastructure failure in the history of Australia brought to you by the Queensland Labor Party
16/FEB/21 – Senator James McGrath
Worrying new figures have revealed Paradise Dam might run dry by July without some serious rain
04/FEB/21 – 7 News Wide Bay
Paradise Dam raised as key election issue
22/OCT/20 – Bundaberg Now
Deputy PM Michael McCormack takes aim at Labor over Paradise Dam
14/OCT/20 – ABC Australia
Flood action, a new hospital, and fixing Paradise Dam are some of Bundaberg Council’s top priorities ahead of next month’s state election
25/SEPT/20 – 7 News Wide Bay
Growers say their lives are on hold and emotions are still high a year after the State Government announced Paradise Dam would be lowered
24/SEPT/20 – 7 News Wide Bay
Farmers are taking their fight to have Paradise Dam restored, to Bundaberg’s city streets…
11/SEPT/20 – 9 News Wide Bay
What’s really going on with Paradise Dam?
09/SEPT/20 – Bundaberg Now
Our economic security is under threat
08/SEPT/20 – Bundaberg Now
When will the Queensland Labor Government safely restore Paradise Dam to its full capacity?
27/AUG/20 – Senator James McGrath
Calls for the Federal Government to fix Paradise Dam are misguided
26/AUG/20 – Keith Pitt
In knocking down Paradise Dam, the Queensland Labor Government are taking away the agricultural future of our local people and our local kids
25/AUG/20 – Keith Pitt
Thousands of irrigators are planning a class action against the State Government over
Paradise Dam
29/JUL/20 – 7 News Wide Bay
Senator McGrath speaking on the media failing to show the issues at Paradise Dam
16/JUL/20 – Senator James McGrath
Paradise Dam farmers say 70pc water allocations spell uncertain futures
08/JUL/20 – Queensland Country Life
Paradise Dam’s wall has been lowered by a couple of metres but there’s still more work to be done. Watching the wall come down has made Isis Canegrowers Chair, Mark Mammino emotional
03/JUL/2020 – 7 News Wide Bay
Cane farmers say Paradise Dam rebuild essential
24/06/20 – Queensland Country Life
Tom Marland speaking at the Dam
03/JUN/20 – Tom Marland
Growers in the Bundaberg region are taking legal action against Sunwater and the State Government
22/MAY/20 – 7 News Wide Bay
My full speech on the failure of Paradise Dam
13/MAY/20 – Senator James McGrath
Bundaberg council says lowering Paradise Dam will provide $2.4 billion hit to state economy
08/MAY/20 – ABC Australia
Industry continues fight to restore Paradise Dam
– Bundaberg Now
Local macadamia grower, Scott Alcott, talks about why Paradise Dam is so important to this region…
06/MAY/20 – Paradise Dam Class Action
Owner of local agricultural service company, Sunfam, Ian Loeskow, talks about the importance of Paradise Dam for employment in the Bundaberg region….
24/APR/20 – Paradise Dam Class Action
Burnett MP Stephen Bennett says the State Government will be facing a class action and other legal proceedings over the Paradise Dam debacle
23/APR/20 – 7 News Wide Bay
Debate over the future of the Paradise Dam has ignited again with the release of a new report
14/APR/20 – 7 News Wide Bay
Growers urge open minds in Paradise Dam debate
28/MAR/20 – Bundaberg Now
Cracks starting to appear in dam safety argument
04/MAR/20 – InQueensland
Farmers and irrigators gathered outside the Bundaberg Courthouse today to make their voices heard, demanding Paradise Dam be fixed, and not lowered
03/MAR/20 – 9 News Wide Bay
$2.4 billion cost to economy if Paradise Dam not fixed
24/FEB/20 – Bundaberg Now
Bundaberg farmers call for urgent action over Paradise Dam
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Paradise Dam saga continues with Bundaberg farmers running out of water
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Fight for Paradise: Farmers want dam remediated at any cost
Original content by ABC Australia, we thank them for their support!