{"id":52081,"date":"2013-11-29T21:46:19","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T11:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=52081"},"modified":"2020-08-09T15:59:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T05:59:32","slug":"privatisation-by-stealth-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/11\/29\/privatisation-by-stealth-union\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Privatisation By Stealth’: Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ETU State Secretary Peter Simpson<\/figcaption><\/figure>November 29, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Electrical Trades Union has accused the State Government of lying over asset sales, saying up to $60 million of assets belonging to Ergon Energy are on the market.<\/p>\n

The State Government has repeatedly said it will not sell assets such as Ergon Energy or Stanwell without first seeking a mandate at an election.<\/p>\n

However Ergon Energy has announced it will sell 3700ha of hardwood forests and its GPS technology business Roames.<\/p>\n

The ETU says the sales could net Ergon between $40-$60 million. <\/p>\n

\u201c(The government says) one thing \u2013 no plans for asset sales \u2013 while they do another \u2013 sell assets and privatise jobs and services. It is truly breathtaking how they are getting away with such disgraceful behavior,\u201d ETU State Secretary Peter Simpson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe forestry assets are strategic network assets that were developed to enable the timely and safe replacement of Ergon\u2019s close to one million hardwood poles.<\/p>\n

“The sale of this asset will leave Ergon exposed to higher costs and potentially unsafe alternatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe IT asset which is up for sale is a strategic asset called ROAMES (Remote Observation, Automated Modelling Economic Simulation) developed by Ergon to manage its 150,000km of powerlines remotely.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ETU and the Not4Sale campaign are calling the government out on their continued misleading of the Queensland public. They are selling network electricity assets without a mandate and they are implementing privatisation by stealth in many other areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey promised to seek a mandate before selling assets. They haven\u2019t. They have been caught out.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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