18 November 2009
MEDIA ALERT
Attention:
Brisbane media outlets
Academic slams flawed Treasury advice on asset sell-off:
Report to be released in Brisbane tomorrow
A union-commissioned report has slammed the advice provided by Treasury to justify the State
Government’s asset sell-off and claims the decision to sell public assets was “bad and
unnecessary”.
The QCU commissioned Professor Bob Walker and Betty Con Walker to analyse the Bligh
Government’s reasons for its privatisation proposals with the final report “Queensland Asset Sell
Offs, Budget Black Holes, Borrowings and Credit Ratings” to be released by Professor Walker in
Brisbane tomorrow.
(Professor Walker is Professor of Accounting at Sydney University and his specialist interests
include public sector finances, corporate regulation and corporate governance. Betty Con Walker
is an economist with experience in both the public and private sectors.)
Professor Walker will release his report and give a briefing to representatives of unions
affected by the privatisation proposal as follows:
Thursday 19 November
11:00am
5th floor, TLC Building
16 Peel St, South Brisbane
For more info:
Tania Reeves (Media/Communications Officer)
07 3846 2468 (wk) or 0418 700 419
Queensland Council of Unions
Working with Queensland unions who represent over 350,000 workers in Queensland
on industrial, political and social justice issues
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