PSA Assistant General Secretary, Troy Wright underscores the PSA’s main concern with the privatisation of disability services: many will land heavily in the state’s hospitals, mental health facilities and even prisons, areas lacking expertise in specialist disability care.
One of the speakers at the NSW Labor State Conference PSA fringe event to discuss the Liberal Government’s privatisation of disability services was University of Sydney Associate Professor Damien Cahill.
You can read his speaking points HERE.
According to new figures, the NSW Government has privatised a staggering $53 billion in public services to its business mates said the Public Service Association (PSA).
Critical services such as the Land Titles Registry and public disability services are among the areas that have gone under the hammer.
“The Premier says that the proceeds of the sale of these public services and assets will be channelled towards more rail, roads, schools and hospitals,” said PSA General Secretary, Stewart Little.
“What the Premier does not say is those roads will have a toll attached and the hospitals will be private.”
“It’s all about big business and big money. The lives of real people caught in the transaction crossfire are just collateral damage as far as the Government is concerned.”
“NSW will be the only state in Australia with no Government safety net for people with disability.”
“This is a Government intent on washing its hands of all social responsibility for public services, the fallout from which will be disastrous for generations to come.”
“The most astonishing thing is these new figures were revealed by the NSW Parliamentary Library not a think tank with a political agenda,” said Stewart Little.
PSA media release:
The resignation of Megan Latham is the ultimate prize for the Baird Government in its quest to keep its dealings out of the public eye said the Public Service Association (PSA).
“The resignation of Megan Latham is the scalp the Baird Government have been seeking as part of its push to curb the capacity of the ICAC to investigate the Government, its dealings and business associations,” said PSA General Secretary, Stewart Little.
The State Budget slashed ICAC’s funding, cutting staff numbers by 15% or approximately 20 positions and greatly reduced investigative capacity meaning less scrutiny of the actions of the increasingly secretive Baird Government.
The Baird Government are currently privatising disability services, Out of Home Care for vulnerable children, the land titling and registry of the Land and Property Information Service, TAFE – handing additional millions in public funds to cheap private providers with no accountability – prisons, public housing, Sport and Recreation and National Parks. All without proper scrutiny.
“The last thing that NSW needs is less scrutiny of process involving these critical services but that is exactly what the NSW Government wants,” said Stewart Little.
“This Government is attempting to issue a get out of gaol free card for itself and all its business mates,” said Stewart.
Why can’t people just leave things alone? It WAS working….
This video by Canada’s National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) nails the case against the privatisation of public services.
This is what happens when expert staff are cut while others are diverted to duties to assist with privatisation.
Read the full Sydney Morning Herald story HERE.
The local community and economy in the Tamworth region is set to be hit hard by the privatisation of the ironically named Lake Keepit Sport and Recreation Centre.
A contributing factor to the errors was staff cutbacks and many people normally involved in these duties instead working on the preparatory process for the privatisation of the Titling and Registry wing of LPI. Irony?
The penny is really starting to drop about the enormous impact of the sale of the Land Titles Registry of the Land and Property Information Service.
As the uproar over the sale of the Land Titles Registry of the Land and Property Information Service intensifies, two former senior members of staff have joined the fight.
The sale of the Land Titles Registry of the Land and Property Information Service (LPI) is horrifying economists, the legal fraternity and the property sector. But it’s really going to bite down hard on anyone who owns or intends to own a home.
