17 September 2004

Recently the Chair of the LGSA Water Management Committee, the LGSA Policy Officer - Water and the Chair of the Water Directorate met with Frank Sartor, Minister for Energy, Utilities and Sustainability to discuss a range of issues concerning local government water businesses and the implementation of various State Government policies.

A number of positive outcomes were achieved and the Minister has agreed to meet quarterly with the LGSA and Water Directorate to continue these discussions.  A full outline of the discussions and the background to this meeting is available in the attached pdf document.

Download the Ministerial meeting pdf.

Prior to meeting with Minister Sartor on 1 September, a small working group, consisting of representatives from the Associations and the Water Directorate , met to identify the key issues faced by councils. In total 26 issues were raised. These issues were gathered from from a range of sources and needed to be prioritised due to having only an hour meeting with the Minister.

A meeting was also held between the Working Group and representatives of the Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability and the Department of Commerce. This meeting proved useful, as it gave some insight as to what issues/work DEUS is currently addressing/undertaking.

Please contact Gary Mitchell if you wish to discuss any issues that may need to be raised with the Minister or at the Departmental level.

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