Public services vs private profit: 8 Nov

Public services vs private profit: What can be done?

Special seminar by Power To The People

Speakers include:

• Bob Walker (Professor of Accounting, University of Sydney)
  
• Betty Con Walker (former Treasury official and co-author with Bob Walker of Privatisation—sell off or sell out?)
  
• Frank Stilwell (Professor, Political Economy, University of Sydney)
  
• Sharon Beder (author Power Play: the fight for control of the world's electricity and Professor, School of Social Sciences,Media and Communication, University of Wollongong)
  
• Steve Turner (Public Sector ssociation assistant general secretary)
  

Time & place: 2pm-5pm Saturday November 8, Tom Mann auditorium AMWU Building, 136 Chalmers st, Surry Hills (walking distance from Central station).

The campaign against privatising electricity in NSW has exposed the desire for an end to the continual sell-off and decline in quality of public services. While the campaign successfully defeated plans to privatise power stations, other privatisations and cutbacks are still on the agenda as the NSW government prepares its "mini-budget" for release in November. This seminar will examine the alternatives to privatisation, and how we can restore quality, well-funded public services from electricity to water, to hosptials and schools.

Organised by Power to the People--a coalition of ALP members, unions, the Greens, Uniting Church groups, Socialist Alliance, Solidarity and environmental and community groups that formed to oppose the sell-off of the power industry in New South Wales.

Contact Colin Drane 0419 698 396 for info