After more than a century of false starts, a major Queensland dam project is back at the starting line and, as always, there is no promise it will ever finish the race. First proposed in 1922 for the ...

With the wet season only just underway, it might make some a little nervous to hear south-east Queensland's biggest reservoir – Wivenhoe Dam – is just about full. But the people in charge of the dam ...

A month of record rainfalls in southern Queensland has not translated to full dams, raising questions about whether the state’s population is growing too big for existing water supplies. A La Nina has ...

In a letter addressed to the water minister, Sunwater chair Jeff Seeney said the decision to rebuild the dam lacked "any rigour" or "professional credibility".

Wivenhoe has surged to 95 per cent of capacity, a level seldom reached since the dam was spilt in 2011, flooding huge parts of the city. The level has been reached in stunningly fast time. It was at ...

MORE than 500 construction jobs were lost in 2008 when a tiny creature – listed as critically endangered – was discovered at this Queensland dam. Now, finally, the vital project is back up and running ...

A RARE move by Peter Garrett to use national environmental law to stop a proposed $1.8 billion Queensland dam has been hailed as the biggest decision by an environment minister in a decade. Mr Garrett ...

It’s a move that has angered the Bundaberg growing community, who warn failing to rebuild the dam wall threatens Queensland’s food security. Mr Crisafulli on Sunday repeatedly refused to confirm his ...

In recent years, the dam’s legacy has been muddied by a series of major flooding events that have raised urgent concerns regarding the wall’s integrity, and ultimately forced official investigations ...