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Tasmanian mayors prepare for confrontation with State Government over water problems
Tasmanian mayors have hit back over claims they should be doing more to fund urgent water and sewerage upgrades.
Treasurer Peter Gutwein has called an emergency meeting on Friday with councils to pressure them to fix water and sewerage infrastructure problems.
Local Government-owned TasWater has a 10-year plan to spend more than $2 billion getting its infrastructure up to scratch, but the State Government wants it to happen faster.
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His approach has caused outrage from TasWater council owners’ representative Mayor David Downie.
Councillor Downie said Mr Gutwein was blaming councils when he should be helping them …