Victoria’s Treasury quietly sought advice from investment banks this year for a review of all government agencies to find out how much money could be raised from privatisation of public assets.
“Large investors such as industry super funds and infrastructure investors like assets with a stable income and low levels of risk,” one of the sources said. “These types of investments give them that.”interviewed spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to jeopardise future commercial arrangements.
“The government has for some time now been looking at ways to improve services, to improve Births, Deaths and Marriages for the Victorian community, like we do across a whole range of different areas that we are responsible for.” “ worked well to date across a range of different areas across government. It just makes common sense.”
“There is nothing more certain in life than births, deaths and a Labor government that is desperate on raising revenue.”“This is a continuation of their neoliberal economic policies of underfunding public services then selling them off to the highest bidder,” he said. “Nothing is sacred.”