The Turnbull government is looking to flog off Australia’s essential public services like hospital and dental services, social housing, disability and aged care, and services in remote indigenous communities to the private sector, behind the public's back.
The list includes TAFE, cleaning services, prisons, CSIRO, the ATO, land titles registry, home care and jobs services: Turnbull will sell off just about anything to turn a quick profit.
The Coalition have not made a public case for this sell-off plan nor have they debated it in parliament. The public remains unaware - and unconsulted - on how the public services designed to support them are being sold off to the for-profit private sector.
When vital human services like healthcare, education or prison rehabilitation are privatised - when they are run by companies whose primary concern is maximising profit - the most vulnerable groups of our society are often left behind. Privatised services will no longer follow people’s need, but rather people’s capacity to pay premiums.
Australia’s public services are the key to ensuring that everyone in this nation is entitled to a fair go. They grant everyone, regardless of their geographical or socio-economic background, access to support without privilege or prejudice. Will you take action to keep it that way?
Tell the Turnbull Government: Australian public services are just too important to be put into private hands.
More information
The Guardian. 22 September 2016.
The Guardian. 6 March 2017.
