FEBRUARY2007

Who Owns The Water ?????

Well it’s finally out in the open .

A company in Victoria calling themselves Urban Rainwater Systems, have written to the Australian Local Government asking them who owns the water that falls on your property ; the Property owner or the Government.

South Aust. , Western Aust. and Tasmania have already said that the water that falls on your roof belongs to the State.

This means that the laughable rain tax that we joked about is now a reality in those three states.

This time Local Government has to waken from its sleep and tell the newly formed Water Exchange that it cannot tax water owned by property owners and while they are at it , tell them that legally they can’t separate water from the land if that land is privately owned .

If I wasn’t reading this from messages I receive as a councillor , I would think its all a bad dream .

Unfortunately it’s not a dream and we have documents signed by the Prime Minister and all State leaders agreeing to this theft of water from your freehold land .

Theft is a criminal offence and I would like to see the Shires Ass. instigate court action immediately .

Regards,
Bevan O'Regan
"Moema"
Narrabri
NSW 2390

Ph. 02 67938641
Fax 02 67938646

(People in Dublin should be on the Watch as Houses in Rathgar Road were recently altered to meters during pavement reconstruction. J Braddell Ed.)