What Must the Reasonable Private Dam Owner Foresee

The dam owner's duty is to reach a standard of behaviour that avoids or minimises foreseeable injury, however, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria incorporated provisions regarding the construction and maintenance of private dams into legislation. The standard of care required of private dam owners in Australia is subject to some guidance in these three States and little in the others. Only New South Wales adopted the US approach to include flood warning as part of owner's responsibility.