Queensland warning on fire sale
CONCERN that Queensland might embark on another Dalrymple Bay-style privatisation was behind the Queensland Resources Council’s (QRC) call for asset-sales caution, a QRC spokesman said last week. It wanted to avoid the Beattie Government’s error of sidelining users from any ports or rail sale process, the spokesman said.
With premier Anna Bligh flagging recession-induced sell-offs in next month’s State Budget, QRC chief executive Michael Roche had earlier insisted that a “careful and managed” asset sales program was needed to maintain the momentum of the State Government’s capital works...
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