The Morass Wetland in 2021, near Lake Bathurst and a haven for wildlife. Opponents of a waste-to-energy incinerator nearby at Tarago fear it will pollute the water table and land. Photo: Neville Friend.

Activists in Goulburn and Tarago are stepping up their opposition to a proposed incinerator capable of burning 380,000 tonnes of Sydney’s waste every year and threatening the water table and food chain.

Senior Minister at St Nicholas Anglican Church in Goulburn, the Reverend Paul Davey, says the proposal is like the mythological Greek Hydra multi-headed snake: chop one head off and another will appear.

He felt compelled to step into the fray after seeing his parishioners from Bungonia distressed by an earlier proposal to build a waste-to-energy incinerator near their village, 35 kilometr

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