The law firm that represented flood victims, Maurice Blackburn, has lodged an application for a High Court appeal of the NSW court’s decision.
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It comes amid warnings water bills will rise for people living in south-east Queensland due to drought.
Urban Utilities chief executive officer Louise Dudley said bulk water fees made up about 40 per cent of the average water bill and were increasing at costs higher than inflation.
“The likely impact of drought during the coming periods will further escalate these costs,” she said.
Meanwhile, it was revealed that hackers orchestrated a cyber breach at an unnamed Queensland water entity, which remained undetected for nine months.
Between August 2020 and May 2021, there was unauthorised access to an entity’s web server after threat actors targeted an older and more vulnerable version of the system.
The web server that stored customer information contained suspicious files that increased visitor traffic to an online video platform, but it did not result in lost customer or financial information.
The Audit Office said the entity had since updated software, used stronger passwords, and monitored incoming and outgoing network traffic.
Queensland water sector posts profits boost after 2011 flood payout $80m lower
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