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IAG drops support for raising Warragamba Dam, citing risk to Indigenous sites – Sydney Morning Herald
The move, announced at the company’s annual general meeting, has cheered traditional owners after Rio Tinto destroyed ancient Indigenous art in the Kimberley this…
IAG’s chairwoman, Elizabeth Bryan, told the AGM that discussions with the Colong Foundation for Wilderness and others had made it clear that “a decision to raise the height of the Warragamba Dam wall could well result in the destruction of both large areas of natural environment and also important cultural heritage sites”.
“In the past we have expressed support for the raising of the wall. However, we now have additional information concerning the probable loss of significant cultural heritage sites,…
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