Privatisation
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Does privatisation increase electricity bills?
NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley claims electricity privatisation pushes up power prices and households in privatised South Australia have the highest bills.
Report
Privatisation of state and territory assets and new infrastructure
This inquiry examined incentives to privatise state or territory assets and recycle the proceeds into new infrastructure.
Report
Nothing to gain, plenty to lose
Empirical research examining the proposed privatisation of the NSW electricity transmission and distribution businesses has found the asset recycling strategy is likely to negatively impact the state’s credit rating over the medium to long term. The analysis also examined the relative efficiency of public and private networks, finding that once the physical span of each...
Fact sheet
Fact Check: On the money: Mathias Cormann says Medibank Private sale will not raise premiums
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann claims privatising Medibank Private won't cause premiums to increase.
Conference paper
Public values in a 'privatised' public transport system
This paper addresses private sector involvement in the delivery of public transport. It is part of a larger project to investigate the question: What should government control in a “privatised” urban public transport system in order to safeguard the public interest?