AAP: Australia has been told to embrace privatisation, water trading and cost transparency if household tap supplies are to remain plentiful, affordable and safe well into the future. A new report has taken a close look at Australia’s urban water system and recommended a range of reforms to safeguard supply. Based on the study’s vision for the future, all water users one day will be able to choose from a wide range of suppliers, plucked out of a fully privatised sector. Water …