Premier takes over - Beattie promises no recycled water secrets ...

Excerpt from ABC News (annotated):

Beattie promises no recycled water secrets

26 January 2007

The Queensland Government says south-east Queenslanders will know exactly how much recycled water they are drinking if treated effluent is added to the region's dams.

Residents will vote in March on the recycling proposal, although the Opposition predicts the plebiscite will be scrapped because water infrastructure is way behind schedule.

After earlier suggesting a cap of 10 per cent, the Government now says there will be no limit to the mix because recycled water is safe at any level.

Premier Peter Beattie says no matter what the percentage is, it will not be a secret.

"We will give the answers to all those questions prior to any vote," he said.

"The wording of the vote will not include a percentage and was never meant to."

[Compare: "Meanwhile, the Premier has revealed he is thinking about proposing a 10 per cent mix of recycled water when south-east Queenslanders vote in a plebiscite." Premier Beattie, ABC News, 1 December 2006.]

"You spell out what the vote question is and then you spell out exactly how it will apply, whether it's 100 per cent, we'll spell out all the detail of all the circumstances about what would apply."

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