Examinator “Have you read "Buddha to Bono"”

Never heard of it.

“It’s a text in some environmental economics courses on sustainability at some Universities.”

I would hope the required reading of any university course would seek to embrace the pertinent texts which range across the entire spectrum of opinions concerning that course.

That way we might get graduates who can think beyond a mono-political / social dimension, thereby contributing quality instead of dogma in their chosen field.

Pelican “You might be right Col, I am not aware of how the utilities infrastructure works.”

In the matter, the processes of asset gifting, I speak from a first hand knowledge and the billion dollars+ is on the public record, as part of the disclosed annual accounts for the State of Victoria.

“But, if revenue received from the provision of a particular service was utilised to maintain, manage, provide best practice in terms of modern technology, R&D etc of that service, we might go some way to getting what we paid for.”

Agree and that is my point, the revenue was subverted into general revenue, the ‘swill pot’, which receives all the speeding fines, gaming royalties etc. (and squandered on the grandiose plans of politicans, nothing to do with water supply)