Privatisation

An independent report by the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU), shows that there are a range of issues with privatisation using the shared services model. The same model is being pushed in some local government areas in Australia. The report "Shared Services - setting unrealistic expectations" by Yuliya Yurchenko…

Claims that the privatisation of the NSW electricity network could deliver $30 billion for infrastructure projects contradict the government's own figures and are part of a deliberate attempt to trick NSW voters, according to the Stop the Sell Off campaign. A Sydney newspaper has reported that a sale of the…

In last night’s Budget the Federal Government tried to sweeten the state government pot. The formula to top up state assets with resources obtained from the privatisation of Medibank, recently discussed between state governments and the Commonwealth, might sound a good idea, but it will have a negative effect on…

ASU members, parents and families of children who attend the Altona North and Altona Meadows children's services are taking a short pause in their work to campaign for their beloved services after a small but important victory at last night's Hobson's Bay Council meeting. "Hobson's Bay Council had planned to…

>>> Read the full article here: Council will not outsource Altona Meadows, Altona North childcare, by Goya Dmytryshchak, Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Weekly, 12 February 2014

>>> Read the full article here:  Hobsons Bay outsourcing plan angers parents, risks jobs, By Goya Dmytryshchak, Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Weekly, 18/12/2013

Universal quality public services and decent work are goals of economic development, to which international trade is but a means. Trade treaty rules should not force privatisation, nor interfere with the restoration or expansion of public services, where experiments with private provision fail or are rejected by democratically-elected governments. Trade…

>>> Read the full article here: ATO plans to outsource tax checks to company auditors, by Fleur Anderson, Australian Financial Review, 13 Nov 2013

A meeting of the ACTU Executive has today called on Australian businesses to look beyond cutting wages and conditions as a simplistic solution, and to invest in skills and technology to lift productivity. The ACTU, meeting in Melbourne, has criticised Holden for its attempts to reduce wages and conditions at…

>>> Read the full article here:  Newcastle Herald, by Damon Cronshaw, 11 July 2013