Pauline Hanson is a gibbering git, claiming that people pay for water colloected in their own water tanks and pumped form their own bores, just plain stupidity.
Farmer get charged a small amount for water they collect in their dams simply because, if they hadn't built a dam than the water (or at least a percentage of it) would make it to a govt own dam for the public to use.
I myself have both a bore and a water tank at home and the only charges I pay are those from ergon energy, for the power I use to run the bore.
Her statement eludes to the fact thet people will be getting charged for the water falling on their roof and following they will eventually be charged for water falling in their own backyard. What a complete and utter moron, and to think there are people who do think that she makes a good political and national leader, I feel sorry for them, I really do.
More on the farmers getting charged for the collected water in their dams, I have many relatives that own and work on farming properties, and they do pay for water they collect but only a slight portion of what they actually do because not all water from rain etc ends up making it to rivers, creeks etc that feed into govt dams. They also are charged a heavily subsidised rate, I can't remember the exact figure but its nowhere near the amount domestic users pay. I should mention however that my relatives have their properties in NSW (Gundagai region) and Victoria, and are feeling the drought a lot worse than people may think.
Pauline Hanson needs to wake up to herself because she won't get anywhere making false statements and scare mongering.