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•Issue No 102 • Newcastle’s favourite community newspaper • October 2022 •
An Upper House enquiry into the privatisation of Newcastle Buses has found that public transport customers are now worse off. Abigail Boyd MLC, Chair of the Committee, said “The findings of this report are clear - the privatisation of our bus services has been a disaster and it’s the public and workers paying the price. “There has been a continual degradation of services following privatisation, and workers and the community are furious. Ms Boyd continued, “The people of New South Wales deserve accessible, affordable and reliable public bus services. They have a right to expect that the NSW Government will deliver this public service not just to make a profit, but because it’s the right thing for government to do – to empower community mobility and equity.” (continued on page 6)
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