NSW vows to raise Warragamba Dam wall even if federal government does not split cost

Dominic Perrottet declines to give timeline for environmental impact assessment but says it has been expedited

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The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, has pledged to go it alone and pay for the raising of the Warragamba Dam out of the state budget, if the federal government refuses to split the cost of the controversial plan.

But Perrottet was unable to confirm if key reports required before the $1.6bn proposal can move ahead would be finished ahead of the March 2023 state election.

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