Dawn Chorus: A Three Waters rebrand

With groups such as Voices for Freedom pivoting from opposing vaccines and covid protections to focusing on Three Waters, the government will be hoping a ‘rebrand’ to ‘affordable water reform’ will take some of the heat off. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty Images

TL;DR: The Government is set to announce at 11 am a rebrand of Three Waters into ‘Affordable Water Reform’ that sees the four water entities proposed changed to 10, but with the retention of co-governance and the removal of assets off council balance sheets onto the new entities’ balance sheets.

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