Along with cutting over 2500 jobs through so-called budget efficiencies, the Rockliff government has regularly indicated plans to sell off public services.
Our services have been eroded by a decade long obsession with austerity and privatisation – the divisive ideological belief that a shrinking public sector is a good thing, that budgets must be cut, working conditions dismantled and that putting profit before people somehow makes things better.
Evidence from interstate and overseas shows that privatisation of public services leads to higher prices, fewer jobs, poorer quality services, and reduced safety.
The Rockliff plan to sell off Government Business Enterprises (GBEs) and State-owned Corporations (SOCs) is a knee-jerk reaction to a large budget deficit and not a decision made in the best interests of Tasmanians.
The CPSU is campaigning to keep public services in public hands.