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Tax on rainwater. Something Obama hasn't stumbled on to quite yet.
THE Victorian Government is outraged at a leaked federal proposal to tax rainwater collected from roofs. The idea was revealed in a leaked email seen by the Sunday Herald Sun. Acting Premier John Thwaites yesterday warned that if water was privatised - as proposed by some federal Liberals - a tax on rainwater in tanks would follow.

The Bracks Government is furious at the mooted tax - it pays rebates on tanks as a water conservation measure.

In the email, National Water Commission chief Ken Matthews says, 'Legally, all water in Australia is vested in governments.'
Posted by: Besoeker 2008-06-26
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