3 June 2025, 14:32 | Updated: 3 June 2025, 14:49

By Hugo Fearnley

We now have the interim findings of what the government hailed as the ‘largest review of the water sector since privatisation.’

The problem is the review was blocked from looking at the issue of privatisation itself.

If I go to the doctor with cataracts, I want all treatments to be discussed and evaluated. What I don’t want is a doctor who says they’re ideologically opposed to performing cataract surgery, so sends me home with a bottle of vitamins.

What we’re witnessing is the catastrophic failure of the water privatisation experiment. Bills are going up 35%, sewage pollution is out of control, and the neglected network is leaking 3 billion litres of water a day. Yet we are still........

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