NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has been forced to recommit to a $2 billion plan to raise the Warragamba Dam wall in the next term of government, after Treasurer Matt Kean cast doubt over the project in a debate where he revealed it wasn’t part of the government’s infrastructure plan.
The treasurer was accused of having a “black hole” in his budget during his first debate with opposition treasury spokesman Daniel Mookhey, where he revealed the government hadn’t allocated funds to begin the dam or a separate suburban road project in its next four-year infrastructure budget.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
