The Paper includes questions and provides opportunities for comment. To encourage feedback from readers, there are several methods available for commenting on the Paper. Readers can respond via an online form or by downloading a Microsoft Word form which can then be returned to the Natural Resource Management Branch either by email or normal post. Detailed information about the submission process is available on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website at this address: http://www.dpmc.gov.au/water/discussion.cfm. You may also download additional copies of this document from that address.
The Discussion Paper will be open for comment to anyone who has an interest in this subject for six weeks from Monday 21 August 2006 until close of business on Tuesday 3 October 2006.
At the end of the submission period, all comments will be collated and analysed. Feedback to the discussion paper will inform the Australian Government on options and approaches to encourage and to manage private sector involvement in the supply of water and wastewater services in urban and rural Australia.