Stormwater Australia recently lodged a submission for the National Water Reform 2026. This submission urges the Productivity Commission to recognise stormwater as core urban water infrastructure and to address the structural, rather than technical, barriers preventing delivery at scale (technical solutions are well advanced). Current policy, pricing, governance and funding arrangements are locking in higher costs, lower resilience and missed productivity gains across housing, liveability and climate adaptation.
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