Sunwater has admitted to the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) that it contravened the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) by failing to pay some employees in accordance with the SunWater 2015-2018 Enterprise Agreement (the EA) and its predecessor industrial agreements. These underpayments arose as a result of Sunwater incorrectly determining that some Individual Employment Contract employees […]
Water users in the Nogoa Mackenzie region now have the opportunity to purchase unused water allocations. Sunwater has 1368 megalitres of high priority water available for temporary trade through an auction. The water will be auctioned in parcels on the Water Exchange platform until Thursday 3 and Friday 4 September 2020. The purchased water will […]
Sunwater welcomes the Queensland’s Coordinator-General decision to declare the Burdekin Falls Dam Raising Project a coordinated project. Burdekin Falls Dam, located 200 km south of Townsville, is the largest dam in Queensland at four times the capacity of Sydney Harbour. The project is a proposal to raise the existing dam as a potential means to […]
The Sunwater Board welcomes accomplished infrastructure executive Glenn Stockton AM as our Chief Executive Officer. Mr Stockton brings more than 35 years of leadership experience to the company charged with the responsibility for providing critical water resources to communities and industry across the state. Chairman Leith Boully said Mr Stockton’s experience will enable Sunwater to […]
Sunwater is pleased to announce that Civil Mining and Construction will build the new $12.5M Riverslea Bridge as part of the Rookwood Weir project. The bridge will replace the existing crossing, which will be inundated when the weir reaches full supply. It will have a single 3.5 metre lane and will be 21 metres high and 260 […]
Queenslanders can find out all about some of the state’s most important dams through a unique Augmented Reality (AR) experience. The Callide and Burdekin Falls Dam Open Days are being delivered digitally this year and are available from today via the Sunwater website. Using AR technology to run a Dam Open Day is a first […]
Camping grounds at Eungella Dam and Burdekin Falls Dam will re-open from today, Friday 12 June. For your safety and the safety of others, Sunwater would like to remind visitors of the need to adhere to current social distancing and public gathering guidelines. Further information is available here https://bit.ly/2UAB31s Signage will be in place at […]
Sunwater is re-opening additional facilities at its recreation areas, dams, lakes and weirs in time for the weekend. Members of the public will be able to access Sunwater-managed toilets, shower blocks and BBQ facilities in day use areas from midday Friday 15 May. This decision follows the Queensland Government’s announcement to open up more recreation […]
A project to ensure the long-term viability of one of Queensland’s biggest dams has reached an important milestone. Thousands of cubic metres of concrete have been successfully installed below the spillway at Fairbairn Dam, near Emerald. This work closes out the critical concrete overlay component of stage 2 of Sunwater’s Fairbairn Dam Improvement Project. In […]
The following Op-Ed by Sunwater Chairman Leith Boully was first published in the Bundaberg NewsMail on Monday 27 April 2020 SUNWATER is proceeding with the Essential Works to lower the Paradise Dam spillway. Our priority is – and always has been – to protect lives and property. I understand that there is confusion in the […]
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