Originally Posted by
AerialPerspective
Good example. Air NZ plus Qantas' own history from 1947 to 1995 proves that it is ideologically driven to say government ownership = inefficiency.
Indeed, this lie is trotted out by the government and their highly paid "private" advisors every time there is a budget shortfall to be plugged.
As others have quoted above, GIO and the State bank privatisation has lead to mass job losses, office/branch closures, hikes in prices, introductions in fees, reduction in competition and lowering of services, and the same can be said for every other public enterprise that has been sold off, despite the pollies promising the opposite.
Telstra, Qantas, the Electricity industry, same story every time.
Bob Carr and Michael Egan have a lot to answer for.