Privatisation
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NBN
NBN is the government’s $60 billion investment that will never be sold
Realistically, the government would crystallise a loss of the order of tens of billions of dollars if the NBN was sold – and that assumes someone would want to buy it.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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NBN
Not for sale: Labor moves to keep NBN in public hands
After weeks of debate about the Middle East, the government will try to force the opposition’s hand on the $51 billion internet network.
- by David Crowe
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Victorian Parliament
‘Economic vandalism’: Labor members decry Victoria’s next privatisation plan
Grassroots Labor members say they are “deeply concerned” by the mooted sell-off of the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
- by Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
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Victorian budget
Births, Deaths and Marriages – and more? Victoria’s quiet review of its public assets
Treasury sought advice from investment banks earlier this year as part of a review to see how much money could be raised from privatisation of public assets.
- by Broede Carmody and Sarah Danckert
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State Parliament
‘Secret’ deals mean NSW taxpayers liable for port privatisations
A potential liability of up to $4.3 billion is contained in previously secret deals that will be revealed by NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey on Thursday.
- by Alexandra Smith
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For subscribers
Joyce did what’s expected of any private company’s CEO. That’s the problem
The Spirit of Australia, by government decree, was profit maximisation. Joyce was acting within that spirit.
- by Peter Hartcher
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State Parliament
Water fight gets dirty as boss ‘lumps union sites with gambling, porn’
A Sydney Water industrial dispute has intensified as the union calls for its managing director to be sacked, claiming he banned employees from viewing union websites.
- by Max Maddison and Michael McGowan
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PwC tax scandal
Integrity experts back Coalition calls for Andrews to rein in spending on consultants
Opposition Leader John Pesutto wants the Victorian government to stop sending so much work to outside consultants, and has promised tougher anti-corruption measures under a Coalition government.
- by Royce Millar and Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Anti-corruption
Multibillion-dollar secret bus deals take us for a ride
That the outgoing NSW government entered secret contracts for $5 billion on privatised bus services just before the election is disturbing at a number of levels.
- by Geoffrey Watson
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Public transport
Deals on the bus: Sydney locked into $5 billion in contracts until 2030s
The previous state government signed multiple long-term deals with private bus operators in the months leading up to the election.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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NSW Votes
Toll costs should not be ‘a state secret’: Labor to lift lid on Sydney’s multibillion-dollar deals
Chris Minns will reveal the details of Sydney’s multibillion-dollar tolling deals if he wins the election, including any potential compensation to motorway giants.
- by Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
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