Hughenden has high hopes for $750m dam, but will it add up?

Residents of outback town where population has more than halved hope the project will change their futureSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityThe way Bob Katter tells it, Anthony Albanese's support for a $750m dam in the Queensland town of Hughenden is more or less a done deal."We come out of question time, I said Hughenden and Copper String," the independent MP for Kennedy recounts to a crowded room of investors. "And [Albanese] thumped me in the chest and said: 'They're both right, Bob, they're both right.'"Sign up to receive Guardian Australia's fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter Continue reading...