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The Sunshine Coast do not care what they use. They get more rain than anyone, but do not have any REAL restrictions in place, they are just placebos to make it look like they are doing something.

The cost should not go up as we do not have to build desalination plants. This is a scare tactics and this council should have been fighting harder for this area and not cow towing to the State government.
Studies have already proven that we have enough water with -out building desalination plant.
The Traverston Dan was not need until 2026.

With water saving devises and water conservation because of the drought the people have already save ML's of water. The recycled water going up to the power stations has also taken a lot of stress off of Wivenhoe water supplies.
I listened to an interview on 4BC 13/11/09 and an ab Australian expert confirmed all of these details.

We should also be asking our Council why they are raking in so much money when it appears that it is for depreciation and to cover cost of amalgamation and not to pay for the Wivenhoe pipeline.

Who goes and buys a big brand new home then hopes that their horse racing tip is going to fund their purchase? When has a government been given a mandate to gamble our taxpayers' money away, spending $600 million on a dam that wasn't even approved? Then there is the new section of the Bruce highway .... why not simply upgrade the current road to ensure the safety of motorists? Instead, it is being rerouted at an extra and additional cost of $200 million due to inundation of sections that would have fallen into the Traveston Dam footprint. Talk about gross mismanagement of our money!
We have a health system in chaos, schools operating with less resources than they require ... and still we all sit back and let these amateurs play Monoploy with our State, its people and resources. Those "dam" and "highway" dollars could have been put to better use. Time for a change to responsible governance.
Let's face it, our State politicians don't have to be "Hollywood" candidates or have giant personalities, they just have to be able to run the State responsibly and be accountable to their constituents. I for one am heartily tired of seeing people being run over rough shod.
Spending all of those millions of dollars before being given approval for a dam is utterly irresponsible and now we will pay for it.
It has been a 'David' and 'Goliath' battle over the dam and we have won, but now it's time for you to go-Anna!

It's a pity that the Traveston Dam had to become a political football and used by some as a conservation issue when in fact it should have been embraced as a water conservation project.

Peter Garrett had to reject it on conservation grounds, because thats his job even if most of these Turtles or Lungfish are going to be swept out to sea on the next flood, he has to be seen as the great protector.

Most of the property owners who sold out to the Government have taken the money and moved to greener pastures, so the big question now is, "What happens to that land now, and more importantly, what happens to Gympie now that money which was going to be spent in this area building the dam, is going to be spent elsewhere, and who is going to take responsibility for that?"

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There is no doubt Government needs to deliver better outcomes. There are many pressing issues.

Apparently what we need is a Government that takes decisions but listens to the community. Therein lies the difficulty.

The community (or sections of it) is very vocal in its opposition to most change. Which leaves Government with the challenge of achieving outcomes by not doing things.

And importantly It also assumes the community is sufficiently informed and inclined to participate in the discussion of issues and outcomes. And usually isn't.

There are costs and risks in living in a community. It seems the rights of the vocal minority being greater than the community's is one such cost.