Water assets next targets to be privatised

Original article by Jenny Wiggins
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 27-Jul-15

Graeme Samuel will use an Infrastructure Partnerships Australia symposium to argue the case for selling government-owned assets such as water utilities. He strongly supports the privatisation of assets such as dams, water pipes and desalination plants, but concedes that it is a politically sensitive issue. Infrastructure Partnerships Australia CEO Brendan Lyon also believes that privatization of water assets is necessary, and suggests that they are an ideal investment for superannuation funds.

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