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Fightback against privatisation grows
One (via the Guardian): The first private company to take over an NHS hospital has admitted in a document seen by the Observer that patient care could suffer under its plans to expand its empire and seek profit from the health service. Circle Health is already feeling a strain on resources due to its aggressive…
Government rules; how the Australian immigration department treats us with contempt
Following last week’s exclusive in New Matilda publishing the British multinational Serco immigration detention contract with the Australian government, the Immigration Department was asked a range of questions. This is how they responded (thanks to Marni Cordell and Paul Farrell): We asked DIAC for comment on their contract with Serco and how it serves the…
Never expect Serco to treat staff well (it’s in the contract)
What a surprise: Security guards working at the Pontville detention centre [in Tasmania] say they have been sacked in a shock move by operator Serco. Devastated security staff contacted the Mercury yesterday, saying they had been told their services were no longer required because Serco would rely on security cameras for external surveillance. Therese Mitchell…
Privatisation running rampant in “liberal” American cities
When there is largely bi-partisan support for the false God of privatisation (to increase “efficiency”) we shouldn’t be surprised, as Salon reports, that America is being transformed with little public discussion: If you’ve listened to a political pundit predict any election in the last 50 years, you’ve been told that there are Republican small towns…