I fail to see how privatising portions of the public transport network will
achieve what they say it will. I only see these private operators being
given a licence to transfer vasts amount of public money into private bank
accounts almost always off-shore.

On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 at 14:49, Prescott lenkaprescott@...> wrote:

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> A key part of the lucrative contracts — *expected to cost taxpayers $1.5

> billion over eight years* — would be that operators work within a system

> whereby commuters would be forced to hop between buses, trains and trams to

> speed-up travel times.

> I await the day when the headline says - expected to SAVE the taxpayer

> $1.5 billion over eight years. Clearly I will NOT live long enough.

>

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cheers and best wishes,
David in Avenel.au
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