Originally Posted by
mikewil
I don't think its impossible. If anything, private enterprise will generally offer more competitive pricing as they are more efficient at doing things and the government enterprise will continue on the 'loss making' routes as they are obligated to serve such routes.
Example: when Optus first brought telecommunications competition to Australia and had to compete with government owned Telstra (then called Telecom Australia). Optus offered cheaper pricing in the cities etc, but Telecom had to still provide services in areas where Optus couldn't make a go of it.
The problem lies in the absolute lack of ethics in the C suite when it comes to promising things they can’t
sustainably afford to deliver, and the overuse of ‘efficiency’ to justify short term personal incentives. Ego and political schmoosery are all most Australian corporations are capable of.