NSW Premier Chris Minns defends cancelling Warragamba Dam wall height raise amid Sydney's record flooding.

The NSW Premier, Chris Minns, defended cancelling a project to raise Warragamba Dam's wall height amid record flooding across Sydney. The Warragamba Dam, Australia's largest, reached 100% capacity after heavy rainfall. The Liberal-National coalition had proposed raising the 142-meter dam wall by 14 meters to prevent flooding in western Sydney, but Minns argued that the $2-3 billion project wouldn't have helped in the current flood situation and would have left downstream communities vulnerable.