Its hard to disagree with many of the points in this article.

But I agree with Bruce. It kind of reads like it was written by a high school student. I'm giving it a B+

"Julie's little piece reads like an average year 10 essay"

Bruce is showing his age. These days this would get a pass at honours level at most universities.

odo, Shadow Minister

So you reckon there is no money in it and the entrepreneurs are not in there lobbying? Pull the other leg.

Global Water Corp., a Canadian water company: "Water has moved from being an endless commodity that may be taken for granted to a rationed necessity that may be taken by force."

Fortune Magazine: "water will be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th." Who owns water and how much they are able to charge for it will become the question of the century.

The privatisation of water is already a $ 400-billion-a-year business and multinational corporations will maximise their profits from water as a commodity by using international trade and investment agreements to control its flow and supply.

Too easy, just set up water commissions, get consumers used to paying for it by the litre, panic the living daylights out of them about the scarcity of water and the possible tax hikes to provide infrastructure for the overpopulation favoured by the Libs and Labs...then privatise the lot and the big bucks start to flow.

How is it that when we have 'discussions' on water, no one ever seems to mention man's interference with natural hydrological cycles as being THE major problem?

Peter Andrews, the Permaculture crew, the Czech government (see: http://www.vodnaparadigma.sk/indexen.php?web=./home/homeen.html) and many other credible sources address this vital issue, but apparently to no avail.

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To all the God haters and left wing radicals Keith D'lacy a former
"LABOUR TREASURER" of the Goss government is the chairman of the Cubby group . Please get your facts straight before you do more damage to the enviroment with all the hot air or you might be vortexed up into the hole in the ozone layer you are creating.