Warnings of 'catastrophic' toxic damage to waterways if Snowy dump goes wrong

By Nicole Hasham
Updated January 21 2018 - 3:13pm, first published 3:06pm

A Turnbull government plan to dump 2600 Olympic swimming pools of rubble in Alpine lakes risks "catastrophic" damage to Australia's most important river system if it goes awry, experts and environmentalists have warned.

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