Urannah dam business case assumes massive growth in Queensland coalmining

The Urannah business case predicts $555m of new economic benefit in the mining sector as a result of the dam project and an additional $727m from agriculture.

Guardian Australia reported on Thursday that companies linked to Urannah project had donated more than $150,000 to the Queensland Liberal National party, and that the wife of the federal MP Julian Simmonds is working for the proponent as its communications manager.

Simmonds has been contacted for comment.

Bowen River Utilities did not respond to a specific offer to comment about the extent to which the project relied upon the expansion of coalmining.