Commission of Audit must not lead to cuts, privatisation of public services Australians rely on

By Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office). The Abbott Government's Commission of Audit is nothing but a process to outsource public policy to big business and pave the way for cuts to public services, the ACTU said today.
ACTU President Ged Kearney said that this had already happened in Queensland where the Newman Government used the same process to savagely cut public services such as health care and social welfare services leaving many of its community in the lurch and moving to privatise provision of important public services. More...