Last weekend in Queensland a State (of Australia) an election was held , with
privatisation of the State Governments Electricity and other public
sector assets a corner stone plank of the conservative liberal national
party government proposals for their next term in government. Over many
months in the lads up to the election the then Labor opposition had
championed the opposition to privatisation, if anything it was one of
their key messages to the electorate “ opposition to the sale of public
sector assets” .
The opposition campaign saw the largest political change at election
time in Australia’s history. While there are always a range of factors
in citizens minds at election times, in this election both sides of
politics made it a key campaign and stuck their reputations on it . The
conservatives wanted the grab for cash and labor the return of any
dividends to the citizens , but also the electorate knew it would pay
more for electricity if the assets were privatised .
The election outcome saw the labor party move from 9 seats in parliament to an expected 45 seats to form government in its own right .
the ‘Queensland conservative government , was also the government who had sacked thousands of public servants, reduced public services including health and hospitals and much more …
the electorate has cast their judgment on politicians that remove public services and threaten to privatise public services
the change in government was also a vindication of the work of the unions including the ASU two branches in Queensland in fighting hard for public services and to stop privatisation . This in itself is both important from representing Union members views, educating and encouraging political parties , like the labor party to oppose privatisation and support quality public services .
The outcome of the election will have implications for the conservatives at a national level as well as other state conservative Governments
the Below media and ASU Branch / Union links are well worth reading-
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/jeff-seeney-reflects-on-what-went-wrong-for-newman-government-20150202-133uve.html
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/queensland-election-shows-privatisation-remains-key-to-nsw-poll-20150201-1335k2.html
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/poll-says-voters-feel-privatised-electricity-networks-leave-them-worse-off-20150201-1338s6.html
http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-brutal-politics-of-privatisation-stark-after-queensland-election-shock-20150202-133t3n.html
http://theservicesunion.com.au/general/can-thousands-conversations-achieve/
http://theservicesunion.com.au/campaigns/not4sale/
http://www.together.org.au/
http://www.workingforqueenslanders.org.au/
https://www.facebook.com/togetherqueensland
https://www.facebook.com/etuqldnt
http://www.etu.org.au/
http://www.qnu.org.au/news/campaigns/campaign-archive/not-for-sale
The election outcome saw the labor party move from 9 seats in parliament to an expected 45 seats to form government in its own right .
the ‘Queensland conservative government , was also the government who had sacked thousands of public servants, reduced public services including health and hospitals and much more …
the electorate has cast their judgment on politicians that remove public services and threaten to privatise public services
the change in government was also a vindication of the work of the unions including the ASU two branches in Queensland in fighting hard for public services and to stop privatisation . This in itself is both important from representing Union members views, educating and encouraging political parties , like the labor party to oppose privatisation and support quality public services .
The outcome of the election will have implications for the conservatives at a national level as well as other state conservative Governments
the Below media and ASU Branch / Union links are well worth reading-
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/jeff-seeney-reflects-on-what-went-wrong-for-newman-government-20150202-133uve.html
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/queensland-election-shows-privatisation-remains-key-to-nsw-poll-20150201-1335k2.html
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/poll-says-voters-feel-privatised-electricity-networks-leave-them-worse-off-20150201-1338s6.html
http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-brutal-politics-of-privatisation-stark-after-queensland-election-shock-20150202-133t3n.html
http://theservicesunion.com.au/general/can-thousands-conversations-achieve/
http://theservicesunion.com.au/campaigns/not4sale/
http://www.together.org.au/
http://www.workingforqueenslanders.org.au/
https://www.facebook.com/togetherqueensland
https://www.facebook.com/etuqldnt
http://www.etu.org.au/
http://www.qnu.org.au/news/campaigns/campaign-archive/not-for-sale
