The raising of the dam wall has been presented by the NSW Government and particularly the Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, as a quick fix for flooding in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley, but appears to be more about pleasing developers than to genuinely protect existing residents.

I welcome this IAG announcement as a sign that the plan is now receiving proper scrutiny by people who had previously advocated for it.

From the start I have questioned why the NSW Government has refused to acknowledge that not only are there serious questions about whether the wall raising provides any real protections from flooding - given several other rivers have a role in the flooding the Hawkesbury region - but that it does significant damage to Indigenous and natural heritage in the Great