The winner of privatisation is always the company, it is never the people. What we have before us, with the concept of privatisation of both services and assets, is folly.
The Greens do not support privatisation of our GBEs, our state‑owned companies, or indeed, let me just say, the Land Titles Office...
We have been contacted by a number of constituents who are concerned that an approach has been made to government or that it may be on the table for privatisation.
What were the new ideas that we got in the state of the state address? Did I make a mistake there?
Can you rule out the sale of any TasPorts assets to foreign state-owned companies?
Minister, can we take that as confirmation that there is a process in train to examine which TasPorts ports or airport or other infrastructure that comes under TasPorts...
[C]an you confirm that there are considerations and discussions underway with which TasPorts assets may be made available for sale?
The Greens support the Rail, Tram and Bus Union’s calls for the Liberal Government to abandon their ill-conceived privatisation plan of Metro Tasmania.
I will concentrate on one particular area of service, transport, in particular public transport. It is an essential service for powering any society.
At the end of the day, Tasmanian people are the shareholders of the GBEs. They must function in the collective interest of Tasmanians and act in our public interest.