NSW Transport Minister throws State Transit under a bus 16 May, 2017. He called the privatisation “a complete betrayal” of Sydney commuters and bus drivers.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the UK privatised many previously state-owned industries such as BP, BT, British Airways, electricity companies, gas companies and rail network.

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The New South Wales State Government has plans to privatise the state owned State Transit Authority, and contract out its services to private bus operators. The first tenders will go out next month and the process is expected to be complete by April 2022.

Post was not sent - check your email addresses! It is not clear, though, that bus services and reliability are any worse in the inner west than they are in other regions.

Routes are bid competitively, and management reports that the competition promotes lower costs in both public and private operations. The Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) has vowed to take the fight up to the NSW government over job security and protection of working conditions. State Transit has several thousand drivers in Sydney, who will be offered job transfers to the companies which eventually win the tenders to operate services in the three regions of Sydney. “We oppose privatisation because we know at the end of the day, it’s the commuters who’ll pay,” Mr Preston said.

The first tenders will go out next month and the process is expected to be complete by April 2022. The Berejiklian government will privatise bus services in the last three parts of Sydney - including the northern beaches and eastern suburbs - which are still in the hands of the state-run bus operator.Bus region seven covers Sydney’s north western suburbs, including Ryde, region eight the lower north shore and northern beaches, and region nine the eastern suburbs.

The South Australian government is in a war of words with the state opposition over the impending privatisation of … Bus services, including ones in the northern beaches and eastern suburbs, are up for privatisation.

A timeline for the privatisation of State Transit, the state government owned bus operator, has today been revealed. The regions cover scores of routes, many of which run to Sydney CBD.The privatisation of bus services is expected to spark a furious response from trade unions, including the Rail Tram and Bus Union.State Transit has several thousand drivers in Sydney, who will be offered job transfers to the companies which eventually win the tenders to operate services in the three regions of Sydney.But the privatisation leaves questions about the jobs of staff at State Transit such as administration and other back-office roles.Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey said job security for public transport workers and those who supported them had “just been demolished”.“Under any privatisation, the new operator is behind the eight ball before they start because they have to cut budgets,” he said.“This is a deep betrayal by the Liberals who said nothing of this before the election. A timeline for the privatisation of State Transit, the state government owned bus operator, has today been revealed. Mass transit services should be run by the people, for the people – not for the profits of overseas companies and their shareholders. Privatisation consistently fails to live up to the hype of its proponents and typically does not provide any benefits for the travelling public or the taxpayer. This year, however, in a flurry of legislative activity that marks the end of the state’s fiscal year, both the House and Senate agreed to further study privatization of MATP rather than make sweeping changes.