{"id":30040,"date":"2013-04-14T19:56:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T09:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=30040"},"modified":"2020-09-22T10:40:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T00:40:30","slug":"forum-to-fight-asset-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/04\/14\/forum-to-fight-asset-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum To Fight Asset Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Not4Sale\"<\/a>
Actor Tony Barry is the face of the Not4Sale campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 14, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Electrical Trades Union is hoping to “light the fuse” to spark a community backlash against any State Government plans to privatise electricity assets in Queensland.<\/p>\n

The ETU and community members, campaigning as\u00a0Not4Sale<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>have organised a series of information forums which will be held across Queensland starting on Monday in a campaign dubbed the “Light The Fuse Tour”.<\/p>\n

And the South Burnett hasn’t been forgotten.<\/p>\n

A community forum will be held in Kingaroy on Monday, April 29, from 6:30pm at the Kingaroy Senior Citizens building in Avoca Street.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Not4Sale campaign said the tour would visit 23 locations and many workplaces throughout the State.<\/p>\n

The campaigners believe the tour is likely to coincide with the release of the full text of the \u201cCostello Report\u201d which they say will recommend the sell-off and outsourcing of many State-owned assets and public sector jobs.<\/p>\n

But Not4sale Community Organiser Lara Watson said the timing of the tour was organised well before the report release date was announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Costello Report is just one aspect of the Newman Government\u2019s attack on State-owned assets and government workers. They have never made any secret about their desire to privatise and outsource electricity assets and jobs.<\/p>\n

“Our campaign is about giving people the facts about what is at stake, so they can make an informed decision,\u201d Ms Watson said.<\/p>\n

“The government is peddling a lot of mis-information about the state\u2019s electricity industry and we will be setting the record straight.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrivatising the essential service that is electricity, does not lead to more efficient, cheaper power for consumers. In fact the opposite is the case: it costs more, is less reliable and responsive and profits generated go to private companies, many of which are overseas owned and controlled.<\/p>\n

“We urge people to get informed and tell the government our assets and jobs are not for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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