A Shorten Labor Government will fix Townsville\u2019s water security once and for all by fully funding Stage two of the Water Security Taskforce\u2019s report, building it concurrently with Stage one \u2013 and with no strings attached.
\nLabor will also invest $200 million to build a hydro-electric power station on the Burdekin Dam. This will put downward pressure on power bills, create 150 local jobs and generate enough electricity for 30,000 homes.
\nLast week, the final Townsville Water Security Taskforce report called for \u201ca once and for all fix\u201d\u00a0for Townsville\u2019s water supply.
\nFixing Townsville\u2019s water crisis is critical. That\u2019s why a year and a half ago Labor committed $100 million in funding.
\nNow that we\u2019ve got the final report from the Water Security Taskforce we will implement its recommendations. Delivering water security for Townsville once and for all.
\nThe Water Security Taskforce said that building Stage 1 and Stage 2 concurrently would save taxpayers $55 million.
\nThis would deliver long term water security for Townsville cheaper, faster and it would mean more jobs now for a town that needs it.
\nThese are critical projects for the region\u2019s future – the people who live and work in Townsville need affordable water solutions that provide for a reliable supply into the longer term.
\nFederal Labor\u2019s investment would be in partnership with Queensland Labor, who are currently building stage one.
\nThese investments are a result of the advocacy of Cathy O\u2019Toole, who has been fighting for Townsville to get the water security it needs. It is also a testament to the local community\u2019s determination to get a resolution, in particular Water Security Taskforce Chairman Brad Webb.
\nWe led the way in funding the Townsville Stadium redevelopment and in recognising the need for port channel widening. Today, we\u2019re continuing to lead on water security and hydro power for the Burdekin.
\nLabor’s commitment to securing Townsville’s water supply has no strings attached \u2013 it\u2019s rock solid.
\nWe won’t leave this project half-done or waste time on unnecessary business cases that push construction out into the never never.
\nLabor first committed $100 million to implement the findings of the Townsville Water Security Taskforce more than a year and a half ago. Today we\u2019re increasing that funding to deliver the water security Townsville needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Shorten Labor Government will fix Townsville\u2019s water security once and for all by fully funding Stage two of the Water Security Taskforce\u2019s report, building it concurrently with Stage one \u2013 and with no strings attached. Labor will also invest $200 million to build a hydro-electric power station on the Burdekin Dam. This will put … Continue reading “LABOR WILL DELIVER WATER SECURITY FOR TOWNSVILLE \u2018ONCE AND FOR ALL\u2019”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}