[LINK] NBN Privatisation

[David Boxall]

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> A couple of Delimiter articles on the government's plans for the NBN.
>
> Psychosois is characterised by a loss of contact with reality. 
> Repeating behaviour in the expectation of a different outcome is said 
> to indicate mental illness. We tried privatisation with the copper and 
> mobile telecommunications networks. Judge for yourself how well that 
> worked. For this phenomenon, I've coined the term "Privatisation 
> Psychosis".
>
> I reckon it's pretty clear that, for natural monopolies, privatisation 
> simply doesn't work. Where the natural monopoly is an essential 
> service, I believe that privatisation should not be legal. Any entity 
> that participates in a privatisation deal should be on notice that the 
> asset will eventually return to public ownership and they probably 
> won't make a profit on the deal.
>
> <https://delimiter.com.au/2016/02/17/its-begun-split-up-the-nbn-and-sell-it-off-says-infrastructure-australia/>
> <https://delimiter.com.au/2016/02/18/history-repeating-how-the-govt-will-privatise-nbn-co/>

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