Cathy O'Toole (Herbert, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise in this place again and I stand here again to talk about the critical need for the Turnbull government to act immediately on Townsville's water security. I am tired of Townsville being referred to as 'Brownsville'. Yes, we do live in the dry tropics, but this does not mean that the largest city in northern Australia has to be drought declared. We have one of the greatest water resources in Australia—the Burdekin Falls Dam, located in our backyard, just 130 kilometres from Townsville. This dam is huge. It is five times the size of Sydney Harbour, and it is currently overflowing.

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