Tasmania needs strong anti-privatisation laws
In March, the Premier launched an extraordinary attack on the public services Tasmanians rely on, and the workers that provide them, in a plan to put publicly owned assets up for sale on the private market - everything from our electricity through Aurora Energy, to our public transport at Metro Tasmania could be sold off to investors looking to make a profit off the Tasmanian community. They have even gone as far as suggesting that the Port Arthur Historic Site and the Land Titles Office could be sold off.
This comes on top of their plan to sack 2,500 Tasmanians in public service jobs. Experience tells us that when public services get privatised and cut, the community pays more, waits longer, and gets poorer outcomes.
We've fought against this plan from the start, and seen thousands of emails from union and community members hit the inboxes of Liberal MPs telling them to Stop the Sell Off, Stop the Cuts.
Privatisation backflips from the Tasmanian Liberals in the lead up to an election don't give Tasmanians any comfort that they won't try again to sell off our public assets to pay down the debt they created, as soon as they get the chance.