Affiliation: | 1. Productivity Commission;2. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Productivity Commission. This paper draws on the work undertaken by the Productivity Commission for its research paper ‘Towards urban water reform: A discussion paper’ ( Productivity Commission 2008) and that publication contains more detailed discussion of the issues raised here. The content of this paper also reflects the work of the following current and former Commission staff: G Edwards, A Dolling, G Dwyer, P Loke, T Murray. |