The recent storms and fires are also a big reminder why we need to keep these services and the plant and equipment local in local communities, keeping local depots and offices open and keep these services in state government (electricity) and local government ownership
- only public ownership can guarantee services jobs and equipment are local, public ownership means local responsibility, a bigger say by the public and accountability through the ballot box of politicians - not accountability for company share holders that live in other communities, keep their plant and equipment in other communities and are often based in other states or countries .
Public Ownership also means more money spent in regional town, cities and suburbs to keep more jobs locally , build better communities and ensure we have ' quality public services' like local government and electricity services, fire brigades, hospitals, schools and much more in our communities.
The only way we can ensure the local community benefits with jobs and service kept local is " not to privatise the services"
We need locally based local government and electricity supply services in public ownership to get the best for our communities .
