'Ridiculous' bureaucracy holds up water crisis response, Namoi Unlimited Chair and Gunnedah mayor Jamie Chaffey claims

Andrew Messenger
Updated March 23 2021 - 11:29pm, first published December 22 2020 - 2:33pm
CRISIS RESPONSE: Chaffey Dam was just months from empty at the height of last year's drought. Photo: Peter Hardin
CRISIS RESPONSE: Chaffey Dam was just months from empty at the height of last year's drought. Photo: Peter Hardin

The state government has not committed to doing enough to guarantee last year's water crisis never happens again, according to a local mayor.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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