Controversy continues as bid for Australia's largest desalination plant is approved

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French-led group awarded $2.9bn tender, as critics question facility's expense and necessity

A controversial desalination plant, set to be Australia's biggest, will be built under an A$3.5bn (US$2.9bn) tender awarded to an international consortium led by French water treatment engineering company...

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