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CEDA's water report, 'Crisis and Opportunity: Lessons of Australian Water Reform' provides an overview of water reform in Australia to inform an international audience and future Australian reform.
CEDA's water report, 'Crisis and Opportunity: Lessons of Australian Water Reform' provides an overview of water reform in Australia to inform an international audience and future Australian reform.
In addition a series of workshops will be held in Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne during the early part of 2012 to engage water policy experts, including the authors, CEDA's Water Panel and CEDA Trustees.
Released November 2011. A reform agenda was later released in October 2012.
Australian Water Project
The Australian Water Project is a major part of CEDA's current policy agenda.
Volume 1 - Discussion paper
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The Australian Water Project is supported by CEDA member MHW.
Crisis and opportunity: Lessons of Australian water reform discussion paper was produced to drive debate around water reform to ensure we learn from the mistakes of the devastating drought from 1996 to 2009.
Read more Water September 29, 2012Volume 2 in the Australian Water Project, The opportunity of crisis: A water reform agenda outlines recommendations to improve Australia's water policy. Volume two provides recommendations in three key areas: environmental, agricultural and urban water supply. Released October 2012.
Read more Water October 30, 2009The commercial sector must find innovative approaches to water usage and wastewater management to ensure a sustainable demand on Australia's water resources. Cost reductions offer the strongest incentive for action, with the possibility of new market opportunities. [Research and Policy article - Full content is only available to CEDA members]
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