Dear Hasbeen,

You really need to stop with the daft old bugger routine.

As a privatised company Telstra repeatedly and consistently refused to start upgrading the network to fibre optics either FTTN or FTTP.

This forced us to stump up around $60 billion to drag this country into the 21st century.

Where once we were among the world leaders under the old Telecom, Australia instead got left with a substandard communications network under the privatised incarnation.

Remember were were once exporting our telecomunications technology to other countries. Now that is a shadow of its former levels.

And it wasn't the private sector that rationalised the Telcom work force. Mel Ward who was the last MD of Telecom took the workforce from 93,000 down to 69,000 during his tenure but strongly opposed the breakup of the organisation.

Now a fair proportion of the workforce is contracted out, the call centres in the Philippines are driving ordinary Australians nuts and the management keep doing dodge investment deals which keep losing 100s of millions of dollars.

http://www.afr.com/technology/telstra-takes-a-500-million-black-eye-on-silicon-valley-streaming-firm-ooyala-20180201-h0scvy

Meanwhile telecommunication services in the bush have suffered for years from the lack of service technicians because that is where the profits aint.

But your ideology doesn't give you any chance to acknowledge any of this. Private good, public bad and the greater good be damned.

Justice system took a huge downturn when parents stopped disciplining their children.
runner,
You've got that back to front. The Justice system prevented parents from disciplining their children & society has taken a massive & probably irreparable turn for the worst.

Well how many of us have cringed after a repeat offender is given bail?
And offends again while on bail.
how many have shown frustration at youth offenders being released on bonds multiple times?
Do we ever see matters of rape/sexual assault see the offenders go on to repeat the crime.
Privatized prisons?
Wanting compensation because they do not have enough prisoners, are we mad?
Why are some, seemingly rightfully, sent to prison for 40 years and others, same crime, 15 years with an even earlier release

Wanting compensation because they do not have enough prisoners, are we mad?
Belly,
Well, not we but the authorities definitely are.

Indy it is worse than that, please believe in some states in America charges have been made Judges get kick backs.
For? sending extra prisoners on minor charges to privately run prisons.
The old Grafton NSW prison, known for it tough reception of prisoners was shut.
Because? we did not have enough prisoners.
Now a privately owned one is being built there.
What next
A private police force

runner,

Right on the mark.