Rob Oakeshott mounts huge toilet for water and sanitation campaign

Rob Oakeshott on a toilet

“No-one should be dying for a dunny” – Government lobbied for extra $500m in foreign aid for water and sanitation. Picture: Ray Strange
Source: news.com.au




INDEPENDENT MP Rob Oakeshott went where other politicians feared to sit today, on a giant toilet erected in front of Parliament House.


Transport Minister Anthony Albanese and Liberal immigration spokesman Scott Morrison declined to mount what would be the the pedestal of a really big boy’s room.

Liberal Teresa Gambaro and Labor’s David Bradbury, did make the climb along with Mr oakeshott.

They all backed the issue which the totemic toilet represented — the problems of millions of people struggling to live without proper sanitation.

“No-one should be dying for a dunny,” said national coordinator of the anti-poverty project, John Beckett.

He said some 8.1 billion child deaths could be prevented by adequate plumbing.

Mr Beckett said the Government should provide an extra $500 million in the foreign aid budget for water and sanitation.

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