Engineering:National Sewerage Program
National Sewerage Program | |
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Type of project | Public works |
Country | Australia |
[[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister(s)]] |
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Ministry |
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Key people | Tom Uren |
Launched | 1972 |
Closed | 30 August 1977 |
Budget | AUD$330 million |
Status | Closed |
The National Sewerage Program was an Australian federal program under the Whitlam and Fraser governments[2] established to provide funding for the expansion of municipal sewerage systems.[3] At the time Australia was lagging behind other developed nations[4][5] and, as of the commencement of the program in 1972, 17.2% of the Australian population were not connected to sewerage.[6] Even in major population centers like Sydney and Melbourne, there was a backlog of over 318,000 homes waiting to be connected to municipal sewerage systems.[7] The program was administered by the newly formed Department of Urban and Regional Development, and over AUD$330 million of funding was allocated to be distributed to individual states and territories over ten years.[8][6] Over the life of the program the sewerage connection backlog was reduced by 30% to 40%.[7] The program was abolished in 1977 by the incumbent Fraser government.[9][10] Consequently, many communities struggled to connect to sewerage for decades afterwards.[11]
References
- ↑ NATIONAL SETTLEMENT DIVISION (Report). Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development. 1976-06-30. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/237050127?q=%22National+Sewerage+Program%22&sortby=dateDesc&c=article&versionId=263999478. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ↑ "sunday TIMESTYLE The Whitlam legacy — unburied by seven years of Fraserism". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995): pp. 5. 1985-11-03. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127534614.
- ↑ Drum, The (2014-10-21). "Things you didn't know Gough Whitlam did" (in en-AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-21/things-you-didnt-know-whitlam-did/5830508.
- ↑ Davidson, Helen (2014-10-21). "Gough Whitlam – in his own words" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/21/gough-whitlam-in-his-own-words.
- ↑ "Wastewater treatment (% population connected)". https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?DataSetCode=water_treat.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 (Annual Report) DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 1973-74 (Report). Department of Urban and Regional Development. 1974-06-30. pp. 39–40. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/236962441?q=%22national+sewerage+program%22&c=article&versionId=263885881. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Murphy, Damien (2014-10-21). "Gough Whitlam left a long list of achievements" (in en). https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/gough-whitlam-left-a-long-list-of-achievements-20141021-119cpu.html.
- ↑ "Gough Whitlam — Prime Ministers". http://primeministers.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/gough-whitlam.
- ↑ "Budget hits job chances". Broadcaster (Fairfield, NSW : 1935 - 1978): pp. 2. 1977-08-30. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224512768.
- ↑ "ELECTIONS 1980 FRASER GOVT: lies, lies, lies, lies and more lies". Woroni (Canberra, ACT : 1950 - 2007): pp. 8. 1980-10-02. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134400837.
- ↑ "Local governments 'need more funds'". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995): pp. 14. 1985-02-27. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122486298.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National Sewerage Program.
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