Victoria’s biggest water users revealed. Shopping centres, jails and hospitals are among the state’s top 200 water guzzlers, accounting for 10 per cent of all water used, according to a previously secret list obtained by the Herald Sun.
Myer, Chadstone Shopping Centre, Foster’s Abbotsford brewery and the Melbourne Remand Centre are among companies that used about 38 billion litres of water last year.
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October 30, 2007
BIG-SPENDING election promises aimed at fixing the country’s water shortage could make the crisis worse, an academic warns.
Both Labor and the Coalition have pledged billions of dollars for numerous projects from fixing leaky pipes and water pipelines to constructing recycling and desalination plants.
Australian National University (ANU) resource economist Quentin Grafton says the policies are misguided and the big-spending approach to woo voters could make the water crisis worse.
Herald Sun - Academic slams Howard, Rudd over water policies
October 29, 2007
Federal Labor’s plan to inject millions of dollars to set up desalination plants would have massive environmental impacts on Australia’s coastline, the Greens say.
Please read on in The Age: The Age - Desal plants eco unfriendly: Greens
Council is still waiting for the referral for an EES.
Over the last few weeks the Department of Sustainability and Environment have been finalising the Environmental Effects Statement (EES) referral.
Please read the update from 29 October: Desalination Update from the CEO, Allan Bawden - 29 October
How about the Victorian State Government trying to sell the proposed desaliation plant as “carbon-neutral” , being run on renewable energy, which they haven’t even looked at sourcing yet….
Philip Hopkins
October 29, 2007
THE competition watchdog is to clamp down on marketing schemes that claim all sorts of “green” benefits, including those associated with carbon credits.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will check the authenticity of several green marketing products after receiving a growing number of complaints.
ACCC commissioner John Martin said the consumer protection provisions of the Trade Practices Act still applied to green marketing claims, irrespective of whether business was promoting “green” motor vehicles, “green” flights or “green” toilet paper.
“In light of the growing number of complaints, the ACCC is taking a closer look at a number of the green claims that are being made at the moment,” he said, addressing a conference.
“All businesses need to ensure they are not misleading their customers with such claims.”
Mr Martin said many people incorrectly believed green marketing referred solely to the promotion or advertising of products with environmental characteristics.
“Terms like ‘phosphate-free’, ‘recyclable’, ‘eco-friendly’, ‘ozone friendly’ and ‘environmentally friendly’ are terms consumers have in the past associated with green marketing,” he said.
However, these claims were now being applied to consumer and industrial goods, services, and corporate and government activities.
Please read on in The Age: The Age - ‘Green’ marketing schemes face tighter scrutiny
Oh, well that was to be expected…
BUT could anybody explain to me how governmental tax cuts would/should be used for a PPP funded water factory?
Jewel Topsfield, Gold Coast
October 29, 2007
LABOR has pledged $1 billion to help fund water desalination plants, water recycling and storm water capture in Australia’s major cities, claiming the Government has washed its hands of the water crisis.
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd, who has attacked the Government’s $10 billion Murray-Darling Basin plan for failing to deal with water supplies for the 18 million people who live in big cities, said he rejected Treasurer Peter Costello’s contention that meeting the urban water crisis was a job for the states.
Under Labor’s plan, approved water projects developed by the private sector and local and state governments would be eligible for tax credits of up to $100 million.
Please read on in the Age:
The Age - Labor offers $1bn water sweetener
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