We can't even build a new dam so it lasts, page-3

Here is the relevant bit in case anyone missed it

Bundaberg Mayor Jack Dempsey said council was told that SunWater made the decision to lower the dam's capacity based on recent core samples that examined the construction of the dam.

"It's not the effect of the two natural disasters, it's the actual structure and integrity of how the dam was built in the first place and where it was built," he said.

"This is the largest failure of a piece of infrastructure in Queensland's history.

Photo: Mr Dempsey (left) in 2013, when he was the police minister in the former Newman Government. (ABC Open: Lisa Clarke)

"This is the second most newest dam in Australia. There's a lot of questions."

Cr Dempsey wants the technical report released and a Senate inquiry into "how we got to this position in the first place".