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"The promise by the Andrews government to reintroduce public enterprise to
Victoria’s electricity industry, through a revived State Electricity
Commission, is something of a shock.
The process of electricity privatisation in Australia began with Labor in
Victoria, when the government of Joan Kirner sold 51% of the Loy Yang B power
station in 1992. Her Liberal successor, Jeff Kennett, then sold the remainder
of Loy Lang B, as well as the rest of the state’s publicly owned generation,
transmission and distribution assets.
Labor has been office for all but four years since Kennett’s defeat in 1999.
Until now it has made no attempt to reverse his policies. Rather, it has
undertaken some rather dubious privatisations of its own, notably the Andrews
government’s 2018 sale of the Land Titles and Registry office.
Premier Daniel Andrews’ statement that “it was wrong, it was a mistake, to sell
our energy companies” therefore marks a clear shift."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
