24-02-2024, 10:00 AM
Three Waters was a great idea. We need to sort out our water infrastructure, the current systems are a complete shambles.
The trouble was not the policy, but rather the way that policy was presented, and understood by all the stakeholders concerned. That was as much of a shambles as the water situation the policy was drafted to rectify. Simply undoing the last governments efforts will not fix the water issue, it is simply a PR exercise and I suspect the current leadership are well aware of that reality. And worse, have no idea or intention of actually fixing the ongoing problem, which is not going to go away...
The trouble was not the policy, but rather the way that policy was presented, and understood by all the stakeholders concerned. That was as much of a shambles as the water situation the policy was drafted to rectify. Simply undoing the last governments efforts will not fix the water issue, it is simply a PR exercise and I suspect the current leadership are well aware of that reality. And worse, have no idea or intention of actually fixing the ongoing problem, which is not going to go away...