Politicians spent the 1980s telling us privatising everything from electricity to trains would be good for us.
So why – and how – did privatisation turn out to be A MASSIVE LEMON?
Time for a Vansplanation on privatisation…
RECOMMENDED READING
- Frank Bongiorno, The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia. Black Inc. Book, 2015: https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/eighties-0
- Osmond Chiu, “One of the biggest open secrets in Australian public policy”, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 27, 2020: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6836942/one-of-the-biggest-open-secrets-in-australian-public-policy/
- Myriam Robin, “Brendon McAssey put childcare millions to luxurious use”, The Australian Financial Review, July 28, 2020: https://www.afr.com/rear-window/brendon-mcassey-put-childcare-millions-to-luxurious-use-20200728-p55g6q
- The Privatisation of British Telecom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt7cvcg22n0
- Shane Green, “The shocking truth about the privatisation of power”, Sydney Morning Herald, November 9, 2013: https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/the-shocking-truth-about-the-privatisation-of-power-20131108-2x76f.html
VIDEOS
- The 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires in Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_mSHVxiVvo
- BNP Paribas: Our history: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxEDbYc–ig and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxEDbYc–ig)
- Bob Hawke’s legacy on modern Australia – ABC (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o69TnvwxVM)
- Cartridge Making, 1940: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXNXUpOozDg)
- Disaster Capitalism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J_Ye4PgYOM)
- ‘Dogma’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHzU5ZH_qNY&list=RDjWshPH_jsjQ&index=2
- ‘Faulty privatised power lines caused five of the worst Black Saturday bushfires’: https://useyourpower.com.au/blog/faulty-privatised-power-lines-caused-five-of-the-worst-black-saturday-bushfires-28
- Ground Water Replenishment (Securing Perth’s Water Supply): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZQaDNNs48U
- Andrew White, “Howard’s vision of shareholding democracy fades”, The Australian, November 20, 2012: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/howards-vision-of-shareholder-democracy-fades/news-story/2599884bb2bcd6a03c837d7bde526816)
- Lemon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MNoBx5mvBI)
- Wayne Flower, “Maseratis, mansions and ‘Gucci in almost every room’: How Victoria’s aged-care moguls flaunted their success before COVID-19 struck and residents started dying in unprecedented numbers”, Daily Mail, August 4 2020: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8589987/Victorias-aged-care-moguls-flaunted-success-residents-started-dying.html
- Queensland Corrective Services: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkSzh3cQJ6M)
- ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse’, Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation, Marvel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o6imQqcGHk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q9foLtQidk)
- ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Halhn5F04aM
- ‘The Dark Knight’, Warner Bros Pictures/DC Comics/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbi64MJyurc)
- Telstra commercial, 1999 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPOR3OSIY2w)
- ‘The Stepford Wives’, 1975 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVGcbaoRtqk) and (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh9yM00r9JQ)
- ‘Turn Down For What’, DJ Snake/Lil Jon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOU)
- BLUE HOUR LAVA CLOSE UP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7vEfcmXT0)
- Safety in Offices, 1994: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNA2PRFiDr4)
- Privatising railways: Should France avoid following the UK’s example?, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqukF3PRkok)
- The privatisation of British Telecom (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt7cvcg22n0)
- Union busting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqrBlos1Lcs)
- Unemployment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTLmVfYtzAw)
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8589987/Victorias-aged-care-moguls-flaunted-success-residents-started-dying.html
- Erin Handley, “Why are there are more COVID-19 cases in private aged care than the public sector?”, ABC News, Saturday 1 August 2020: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-01/why-more-covid-19-cases-in-private-aged-care-than-public-sector/12503212
- You Don’t Say: : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCNPNs1pKoQ
IMAGES
- Monty Python foot (https://cdn141.picsart.com/311085117004211.png?type=webp&to=min&r=1280)
- Black Saturday Fires 1 (https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1764502)
- Black Saturday Fires 2 (https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1770754)
- Black Saturday Fires 3 (https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/807084043/sell-or-stay-australia-s-fire-zone-experiment)
- Black Saturday Fires 4 (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/26/the-inferno)
- Epping Gardens (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/31/chaos-at-victorias-epping-gardens-how-privatised-aged-care-has-failed-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic)
- Flying numbers: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH5npa6tYF8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH5npa6tYF8)
- Scomo & Howard (https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/economy/john-howard-lauds-scott-morrison-one-year-into-his-leadership/news-story/92d870c975e076c75357050ee8bcbf43)
- ACCC Logo (https://www.accc.gov.au/)
- Castle (https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-medieval-castle-towers-wall-model/764185)
- Zuckerberg (https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/mz.jpg?fit=4655%2C3102)
- G3 Yacht (https://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-22920/g3.htm)
- Aged care moguls (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8589987/Victorias-aged-care-moguls-flaunted-success-residents-started-dying.html)
- Leto Joker (https://batman-news.com/2016/08/16/jared-leto-suicide-squad-contract/)
- Ledger Joker (https://www.cnet.com/news/why-heath-ledgers-joker-was-the-best-batman-bad-guy/)
- Coronavirus in Aged Care Vic (https://www.themercury.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TMWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.themercury.com.au%2Fnews%2Fcoronavirus%2Ftasmanian-nurses-pitch-in-for-victorian-coronavirus-battle%2Fnews-story%2F8eafc6d28865485c27ed67299f1ccfa5&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=54f85519117da60025e8d8c808f3e93f-1600918358)
- Crown (https://www.freepnglogos.com/uploads/crown-png/pin-leanne-dlamini-women-women-gold-king-crown-35.png)
- Telstra (https://twitter.com/rtehrani/status/1143945535918940161)
MUSIC/SOUND
- ‘Algorithms’, Chad Crouch (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/Arps/Algorithms)
- ‘Alte Herren’, KieLoKaz (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/KieLoKaz/Free_Ganymed/Alte_Herren_Kielokaz_ID_364)
- ‘Rain’, Unheard Music Concepts (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Unheard_Music_Concepts/)
- Punch & kick sound effects (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djPJimggbgI)
- “Lemon Meringue Pie”, Aitua – https://files.freemusicarchive.org/storage-freemusicarchive-org/music/ccCommunity/Aitua/Audio_Cookbook/Aitua_-_Lemon_Meringue_Pie.mp3
- “Lemon”, The Meltaways – https://files.freemusicarchive.org/storage-freemusicarchive-org/music/WFMU/The_Meltaways/Live_at_WFMU_for_Hello_Children_with_Faye_6112017/The_Meltaways_-_04_-_Lemon.mp3
- “Lemon Juice”, Monplaisir – https://files.freemusicarchive.org/storage-freemusicarchive-org/music/WFMU/Monplaisir/Surtout_ne_pas_se_perdre_vol2_2011-2018/Monplaisir_-_09_-_Lemon_Juice.mp3
