NSW deputy premier savaged for fighting dam-building ‘culture war’ during floods disaster
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#5WP32)
Politicians, academics and campaigners criticise Nationals MP Paul Toole after he says stop using the excuse of a moth' to oppose dams
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The New South Wales deputy premier, Paul Toole, has been accused of using the state's flood disaster to guilt-trip" critics of the Coalition government's proposal to expand and build new dams.
Labor, the Greens and independent MPs have rebuked Toole who used a press conference about the flooding emergency on Wednesday to address opposition to projects such as the proposed raising of the Warragamba Dam wall.
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