Canberra Times: As a result of the Water Act 2007 taking effect on March 3, 2008, the Minister for Water, Senator Penny Wong, has referred the issue of the sale of water and trading in water licences in the Murray Darling Basin to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Submissions from interested parties have been called for. The process being entered into by the minister and the ACCC implies that there is no alternative to trading in water and that it is both desirable and …