National Sewerage Program

Short description: Australian federal government project

National Sewerage Program

Type of project| Public works
Country| Australia
Prime Minister(s)|

* Hon. Gough Whitlam AC QC
* Rt Hon. Malcolm Fraser AC QC GCL

Ministry|

* Department of Urban and Regional Development (1972-75)
* Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development (1975-77)[1]

Key people| Tom Uren
Launched| 1972; 54 years ago (1972)
Closed| 30 August 1977; 48 years ago (1977-08-30)
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] and it was later estimated that, as of the commencement of the program in 1972, 17.2% of the Australian population were not connected to sewerage.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7][5] Over the life of the program the sewerage connection backlog was reduced by 30% to 40%.[6] The program was abolished in 1977 by the incumbent Fraser government.[8][9] Consequently, many communities struggled to connect to sewerage for decades afterwards.[10]

## References

1. ↑ ﻿NATIONAL SETTLEMENT DIVISION﻿ (Report). Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development. 1976-06-30. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/237050127?q="National+Sewerage+Program"&sortby=dateDesc&c=article&versionId=263999478. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
2. ↑ "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.
3. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 (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="national+sewerage+program"&c=article&versionId=263885881. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
7. ↑ "Gough Whitlam — Prime Ministers". http://primeministers.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/gough-whitlam.
8. ↑ "Budget hits job chances". Broadcaster (Fairfield, NSW : 1935 - 1978): pp. 2. 1977-08-30. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224512768.
9. ↑ "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.
10. ↑ "Local governments 'need more funds'". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995): pp. 14. 1985-02-27. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122486298.

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