privatisation

How NSW ensures continued energy supplies into the future is at the heart of the electricity debate. Who is best (public or private or a combination of both) to provide the energy? Who should pay? What are the costs to the government with any given option? Are there environmental implications to any option that is chosen? How are workers and consumers protected?

I attended the ALP conference at the weekend as a delegate from the State Parliamentary Labor Party. I supported the conference motion that rejected the Premier and the Treasurer's plan to privatise the retail and generation arms of the state's electricity system. 

I did not speak at the conference but I have received many emails and phone calls from people wanting to know my position on this matter.

I do not support the current plan for the following reasons:

Economic