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Report
Dam bad ideas – the lack of economic evidence for dam building in Australia
Publisher
Cost-benefit analysis
Major projects
Evidence-based policy
Infrastructure
Australia
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Description
The Coalition government has committed $7.4 billion to the construction of new dams and water infrastructure in Australia, the vast majority of which will be spent in North Queensland even though only 1.1% percent of Australians live in that region and 97 percent of agricultural production occurs outside of that region.
Publication Details
Copyright:
The Australia Institute 2022. Reproduced with permission
License type:
All Rights Reserved
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
21 Apr 2022
