The plan to dig up 28,000 Olympic pools worth of sand from WA’s seabed
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-07-17 05:00 UTC+10:00
Section: National / WA
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Sport, Australia
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Snippet:
The federal government has green-lit a proposal to dig up enough sand from Western Australia’s seabed to fill 28,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, to be shipped overseas and used in construction projects.
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