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Wednesday, 10 August 2022 11:45

Three Waters in trouble?

Written by  Milking It

OPINION: Yet another sign has emerged that the Government's controversial Three Waters reform could be in trouble.

The Labour Party used its supporters’ mailing list to ask for help and to back its Three Waters proposals as submissions closed last month.

National called the move “desperate”, saying it shows Labour is worried the committee will be overwhelmed by submissions against the controversial scheme.

Days before submissions closed, Labour’s Campaigns Team sent an email to people on its mailing list – usually reserved for Labour Party fundraising and events – asking them to make a submission to Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Water Services Entities Bill, the main legislation that will give effect to Three Waters reforms.

Was Labour worried about a likely avalanche of submissions against the proposals?

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