September 21, 2010

Italian people power shows the way to reject water privatisation 6th September 2010



Recent legislation to privatise water services in Italy has met with staunch public resistance and a well-organised national campaign, resulting in the tabling of a petition of around 1.5 million signatures from citizens opposed to this legislation - three times as many as are required to call a referendum on the issue

Paolo Carsetti of the Forum Italiano dei Movimenti per l’Acqua has indicated that even the City of Paris has removed control of water supply from the private sector, “when Paris had been the heart of the empire of water multinationals such as Suez and Veolia."

Unlike the Italian scenario, in Australia the process of water privatisation has been one of stealth;  the vast majority of Australians are still unaware that they also risk losing control of their water resources. 

However, having dragged the issue into the open, Fair Water Use will do all possible to ensure that it remains in the public arena and will continue its campaign to let the people of Australia decide their water future: not inept administrations or self-serving speculators. 

The Italian public will now have the opportunity to voice its opinion via national plebiscite: Australians deserve the right to do the same.   

National State of Emergency Commission and National Commission of Inquiry 


TERMS OF REFERENCE RELEASED 

In response to the ongoing crisis, Fair Water Use commissioned Consultants in Quality Pty Ltd to draft terms of reference for both a National State of Emergency Commission and a National Public Commission of Inquiry into the Murray-Darling crisis.
AUSTRALIA'S WATER IS NEITHER A POLITICAL NOR A CORPORATE RESOURCE!
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