Tonight, a story about water—but not the kind you drink. No, this is about the flood of lies, waste, and elite incompetence pouring straight into your water bill.
Hunter Water is bragging about “progress” at the Belmont Desalination Plant. They’ve set up a compound and are now dumping 36,000 tonnes of fill—yes, 36,000 tonnes—to raise the plant above storm surges and future flooding. That’s not resilience. That’s not progress. That’s a $530 million overreaction to political cowardice.
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