From: "Philip Sutton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> February 16 WATER REFORM IN AUSTRALIA A review of Water Reform in Australia will be held on WEDNESDAY MARCH 15 during the Xth World water Congress, Melbourne's Convention Centre, March 12-17. Australia is a pacesetter in water reform and significant changes have already been made in areas such as pricing and water trading, environmental water allocations, integrated catchment management, wastewater management, sustainable urban water systems and privatisation of water utilities. The symposium will be chaired by Professor Peter Cullen, Director, CRC for Freshwater Ecology, Canberra. Participants include:- John Patterson water reform pioneer Michael Taylor Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Stephen Hunter Environment Australia Tim Fisher Australian Conservation Foundation Gary Donovan NSW Irrigators Association Bill Eastgate Queensland Department of Natural Resources John Langford Water Services Association of Australia Simon Cohen National Competition Council To register and for more details contact the Congress Secretariat, 03 9682 0244 or on the web www.icms.com.au/worldwater MEDIA ENQUIRIES Charlotte Allen 03 9417 5035 or 0418 567 977 Ann Isaacs 0409 021 897 LL.VC -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink