Commonwealth bank said today it has made a $5.1billion profit for the second half of 2024, so approximately 10 billion a year
That bank was originally started and owned by the people of Australia and it was our asset that was sold off
Imagine if that 10 billion$ was going into general revenue!
That bank was originally started and owned by the people of Australia and it was our asset that was sold off
Imagine if that 10 billion$ was going into general revenue!
February 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Ford is pillaging Ontario's public assets.
Next target: our Provincial Parks, starting with 645 acres of Wasaga Beach.
This is just another example of the Ford government stepping over Ontarians and handing out public land to private developers.
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Next target: our Provincial Parks, starting with 645 acres of Wasaga Beach.
This is just another example of the Ford government stepping over Ontarians and handing out public land to private developers.
#ONpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario plans to sell parts of Wasaga Beach. Environmentalists decry 'awful precedent' | CBC News
The Ontario government’s plan to hand parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park over to the local town for tourism development could set an “awful precedent” for other provincially owned parks, environmen...
www.cbc.ca
July 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
#TrickleDown #economics has *always* been a #MAGA #scam. #RWNJs *always* cut #publicservices and sell #publicassets to give super-rich donors more tax cuts.
#GinaRinehart, #ClivePalmer, #AndrewForest, #PeterDutton etc will *never* have enough to help with #affordablehousing.
#Unions work. #auspol
#GinaRinehart, #ClivePalmer, #AndrewForest, #PeterDutton etc will *never* have enough to help with #affordablehousing.
#Unions work. #auspol
April 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
#TrickleDown #economics has *always* been a #MAGA #scam. #RWNJs *always* cut #publicservices and sell #publicassets to give super-rich donors more tax cuts.
#GinaRinehart, #ClivePalmer, #AndrewForest, #PeterDutton etc will *never* have enough to help with #affordablehousing.
#Unions work. #auspol
#GinaRinehart, #ClivePalmer, #AndrewForest, #PeterDutton etc will *never* have enough to help with #affordablehousing.
#Unions work. #auspol
PS: HDPA also cited Australia's adoption of minimum sentences for some offences as reason for us to do so. The Law Council of Australia notes that "the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council found that mandatory sentencing increased the likelihood of recidivism". lawcouncil.au/publicassets...
lawcouncil.au
July 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
PS: HDPA also cited Australia's adoption of minimum sentences for some offences as reason for us to do so. The Law Council of Australia notes that "the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council found that mandatory sentencing increased the likelihood of recidivism". lawcouncil.au/publicassets...
6/13 While UCP denies privatization intentions, Braid connects concerning dots: falling oil prices threaten deficits exceeding $5 billion, creating financial pressure that could make selling public health assets increasingly tempting for cash-strapped ministers.
#BudgetDeficit #PublicAssets
#BudgetDeficit #PublicAssets
May 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
6/13 While UCP denies privatization intentions, Braid connects concerning dots: falling oil prices threaten deficits exceeding $5 billion, creating financial pressure that could make selling public health assets increasingly tempting for cash-strapped ministers.
#BudgetDeficit #PublicAssets
#BudgetDeficit #PublicAssets
2/9 Premier Smith claims this creates "competition".
Critics warn it's designed to shift more surgeries to for-profit facilities.
Public hospitals could lose funding or be forced to rent their operating rooms to private companies.
#PrivateProfits #PublicAssets
#PatientCare #ABpoli #ABhealth
Critics warn it's designed to shift more surgeries to for-profit facilities.
Public hospitals could lose funding or be forced to rent their operating rooms to private companies.
#PrivateProfits #PublicAssets
#PatientCare #ABpoli #ABhealth
April 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
2/9 Premier Smith claims this creates "competition".
Critics warn it's designed to shift more surgeries to for-profit facilities.
Public hospitals could lose funding or be forced to rent their operating rooms to private companies.
#PrivateProfits #PublicAssets
#PatientCare #ABpoli #ABhealth
Critics warn it's designed to shift more surgeries to for-profit facilities.
Public hospitals could lose funding or be forced to rent their operating rooms to private companies.
#PrivateProfits #PublicAssets
#PatientCare #ABpoli #ABhealth
Yay! So glad you're on here @europeanpowell.bsky.social - I need -AND EVERYBODY needs- your insight on the #SEZ's,#Freeports and now #UEZ's scams!
Basically, they're dodgy TAX FREE zones where #PublicAssets are STOLEN by #CorporateCrooks & #BigBusinessBandits and handed to the #BillionaireClass!🤬
Basically, they're dodgy TAX FREE zones where #PublicAssets are STOLEN by #CorporateCrooks & #BigBusinessBandits and handed to the #BillionaireClass!🤬
University Enterprise Zones (UEZs) are specific geographical areas in the United Kingdom where universities engage with Local Enterprise Partnerships to provide business incubator spaces and stimulate economic growth by applying university-backed innovation.
Thread
Thread
November 15, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Yay! So glad you're on here @europeanpowell.bsky.social - I need -AND EVERYBODY needs- your insight on the #SEZ's,#Freeports and now #UEZ's scams!
Basically, they're dodgy TAX FREE zones where #PublicAssets are STOLEN by #CorporateCrooks & #BigBusinessBandits and handed to the #BillionaireClass!🤬
Basically, they're dodgy TAX FREE zones where #PublicAssets are STOLEN by #CorporateCrooks & #BigBusinessBandits and handed to the #BillionaireClass!🤬
10. #NZ Govt spending $15billion+ on US #wars & more on the US military #space race is a CHOICE! As is wasting $70billion on pushing #tobacco, $ on #speed & #guns -while they #defund hospitals, schools & sell #publicassets making us all poorer #NZGovtFail #austerity #Budget2025 #AtlasNetwork #nzpol
May 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
10. #NZ Govt spending $15billion+ on US #wars & more on the US military #space race is a CHOICE! As is wasting $70billion on pushing #tobacco, $ on #speed & #guns -while they #defund hospitals, schools & sell #publicassets making us all poorer #NZGovtFail #austerity #Budget2025 #AtlasNetwork #nzpol
ps: @europeanpowell.bsky.social has also posted fantastic stuff on the* #Tax-avoiding, #CorporateFiefdoms*, known as #Freeports & #SpecialEnterpriseZones, ie #PublicAssets, HANDED to #PrivateVultures at #Taxpayers expense!
Read his stuff,and sign the Petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Read his stuff,and sign the Petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ps: @europeanpowell.bsky.social has also posted fantastic stuff on the* #Tax-avoiding, #CorporateFiefdoms*, known as #Freeports & #SpecialEnterpriseZones, ie #PublicAssets, HANDED to #PrivateVultures at #Taxpayers expense!
Read his stuff,and sign the Petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Read his stuff,and sign the Petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port #predator fight goes on #asiapacificreport #SaigeEngland #DPWorld #LytteltonPort #PublicOwnership #PublicAssets
asiapacificreport.nz/2026/07/30/s...
asiapacificreport.nz/2026/07/30/s...
Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port predator fight goes on | Asia Pacific Report
asiapacificreport.nz
July 30, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port #predator fight goes on #asiapacificreport #SaigeEngland #DPWorld #LytteltonPort #PublicOwnership #PublicAssets
asiapacificreport.nz/2026/07/30/s...
asiapacificreport.nz/2026/07/30/s...
People say we need a businessman to run America.
But this isn’t business—it’s a hedge fund playbook.
Assets stripped, debt piled high, public good sold off.
We’re not being led. We’re being looted.
#Politics #HedgeFunds #Democracy #PublicAssets
But this isn’t business—it’s a hedge fund playbook.
Assets stripped, debt piled high, public good sold off.
We’re not being led. We’re being looted.
#Politics #HedgeFunds #Democracy #PublicAssets
May 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
People say we need a businessman to run America.
But this isn’t business—it’s a hedge fund playbook.
Assets stripped, debt piled high, public good sold off.
We’re not being led. We’re being looted.
#Politics #HedgeFunds #Democracy #PublicAssets
But this isn’t business—it’s a hedge fund playbook.
Assets stripped, debt piled high, public good sold off.
We’re not being led. We’re being looted.
#Politics #HedgeFunds #Democracy #PublicAssets
"...a larger strategy comes into focus: Republicans are laying the groundwork to sell off some of the nation’s most treasured #publicassets. And it begins with gutting the numbers and the morale of the very people who protect them." #publiclands l.smartnews.com/p-l8GRpQA/5R... #wilderness
This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness (The Guardian)
In 1913, on a remote, windswept stretch of buffalo-grass prairie in western North Dakota, Roald Peterson was born – the ninth of 11 children to hardy Norweg...
l.smartnews.com
May 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"...a larger strategy comes into focus: Republicans are laying the groundwork to sell off some of the nation’s most treasured #publicassets. And it begins with gutting the numbers and the morale of the very people who protect them." #publiclands l.smartnews.com/p-l8GRpQA/5R... #wilderness
Fantastic Thread! EVERYONE in the #UK should read this and DEMAND an INQUIRY into #Freeports & #SpecialEnterpriseZones (aka #CorporateCriminalZones!)
This is OUR #PublicMoney -and OUR #PublicAssets that #Starmer's ROTTEN #RedToryBigBusinessLobbyists are HANDING to BigBusiness #Criminals!
This is OUR #PublicMoney -and OUR #PublicAssets that #Starmer's ROTTEN #RedToryBigBusinessLobbyists are HANDING to BigBusiness #Criminals!
May 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fantastic Thread! EVERYONE in the #UK should read this and DEMAND an INQUIRY into #Freeports & #SpecialEnterpriseZones (aka #CorporateCriminalZones!)
This is OUR #PublicMoney -and OUR #PublicAssets that #Starmer's ROTTEN #RedToryBigBusinessLobbyists are HANDING to BigBusiness #Criminals!
This is OUR #PublicMoney -and OUR #PublicAssets that #Starmer's ROTTEN #RedToryBigBusinessLobbyists are HANDING to BigBusiness #Criminals!
Line up for today’s Vermont Viewpoint (12/17/24) below.
9:05 — Monica Allard - VT Queer Legal Professionals
9:30 — Dr. Julie Lowell and Stephanie Yu, @PublicAssets Institute
9:45 — Sen. Anthony Pollina
10 — @VTTreasurer Mike Pieciak
10:30 — Lynn Levine, forester and author
10:45 — Farewell
9:05 — Monica Allard - VT Queer Legal Professionals
9:30 — Dr. Julie Lowell and Stephanie Yu, @PublicAssets Institute
9:45 — Sen. Anthony Pollina
10 — @VTTreasurer Mike Pieciak
10:30 — Lynn Levine, forester and author
10:45 — Farewell
December 17, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Line up for today’s Vermont Viewpoint (12/17/24) below.
9:05 — Monica Allard - VT Queer Legal Professionals
9:30 — Dr. Julie Lowell and Stephanie Yu, @PublicAssets Institute
9:45 — Sen. Anthony Pollina
10 — @VTTreasurer Mike Pieciak
10:30 — Lynn Levine, forester and author
10:45 — Farewell
9:05 — Monica Allard - VT Queer Legal Professionals
9:30 — Dr. Julie Lowell and Stephanie Yu, @PublicAssets Institute
9:45 — Sen. Anthony Pollina
10 — @VTTreasurer Mike Pieciak
10:30 — Lynn Levine, forester and author
10:45 — Farewell
Selling our airports to private buyers is dangerous. Profit-driven corporations managing public assets lead to higher costs, less accountability, and loss of control. Canadians deserve transparency. #PublicAssets #Infrastructure
Full article
Find full article here
substack.com
May 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Selling our airports to private buyers is dangerous. Profit-driven corporations managing public assets lead to higher costs, less accountability, and loss of control. Canadians deserve transparency. #PublicAssets #Infrastructure
Dystopian science fiction today looks too much like the reality of many of our cities.
#RoboCop #DystopianReality #SciFiBecomesReality #CorporateGreed #HousingCrisis #Gentrification #Privatization #PublicAssets #Blackstone #InvestmentFunds
#RoboCop #DystopianReality #SciFiBecomesReality #CorporateGreed #HousingCrisis #Gentrification #Privatization #PublicAssets #Blackstone #InvestmentFunds
June 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Dystopian science fiction today looks too much like the reality of many of our cities.
#RoboCop #DystopianReality #SciFiBecomesReality #CorporateGreed #HousingCrisis #Gentrification #Privatization #PublicAssets #Blackstone #InvestmentFunds
#RoboCop #DystopianReality #SciFiBecomesReality #CorporateGreed #HousingCrisis #Gentrification #Privatization #PublicAssets #Blackstone #InvestmentFunds
Public services controlled by government that’s competitively elected and accountable with transparency and sunshine laws work best! Services always cost money. This puts the money into the services, not private pockets! #publicservices #publicmoney #publicassets #community #public
Bus usage in the Scottish Borders has risen sharply since the majority of services were taken over by the council
Scottish council sees huge spike in bus rides after taking control of routes
www.thenational.scot
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Public services controlled by government that’s competitively elected and accountable with transparency and sunshine laws work best! Services always cost money. This puts the money into the services, not private pockets! #publicservices #publicmoney #publicassets #community #public
The Great Privatisation Swindle
#DollarSovereignty, #PrivatisationSwindle, #PublicAssets
Stop the privatisation swindle. Learn how the sale of public assets weakened essential services.
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/the-privatis...
#DollarSovereignty, #PrivatisationSwindle, #PublicAssets
Stop the privatisation swindle. Learn how the sale of public assets weakened essential services.
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/the-privatis...
The Great Privatisation Swindle
Stop the privatisation swindle. Learn how the sale of public assets weakened essential services.
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au
October 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Great Privatisation Swindle
#DollarSovereignty, #PrivatisationSwindle, #PublicAssets
Stop the privatisation swindle. Learn how the sale of public assets weakened essential services.
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/the-privatis...
#DollarSovereignty, #PrivatisationSwindle, #PublicAssets
Stop the privatisation swindle. Learn how the sale of public assets weakened essential services.
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/the-privatis...
@mark-carney.bsky.social Public ownership is in the best interests of Canadians. Stop stripping us of our investments. We paid for them. We should own them. #Canada #stopprivatization #publicassets-publicownership #healthcare #good-government
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
May 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social Public ownership is in the best interests of Canadians. Stop stripping us of our investments. We paid for them. We should own them. #Canada #stopprivatization #publicassets-publicownership #healthcare #good-government
Selling PIA ignores its role in national integration, remote connectivity, and public service—profit cannot be the only measure of value.
By Habib Afridi
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/24-Dec-2025/...
#PIAPrivatisation #PublicAssets #Neoliberalism #PakistanEconomy #StateFailure
By Habib Afridi
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/24-Dec-2025/...
#PIAPrivatisation #PublicAssets #Neoliberalism #PakistanEconomy #StateFailure
December 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Selling PIA ignores its role in national integration, remote connectivity, and public service—profit cannot be the only measure of value.
By Habib Afridi
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/24-Dec-2025/...
#PIAPrivatisation #PublicAssets #Neoliberalism #PakistanEconomy #StateFailure
By Habib Afridi
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/24-Dec-2025/...
#PIAPrivatisation #PublicAssets #Neoliberalism #PakistanEconomy #StateFailure
PIA’s privatisation isn’t just about efficiency—it reflects decades of state failure, elite capture, and a shrinking vision of public welfare.
By Habib Afridi
Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Dec-2025/...
#PIAPrivatisation #PublicAssets #Neoliberalism #PakistanEconomy #StateFailure #Economic
By Habib Afridi
Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Dec-2025/...
#PIAPrivatisation #PublicAssets #Neoliberalism #PakistanEconomy #StateFailure #Economic
Beyond Inefficiency: The Hidden Political Economy Behind Selling PIA
True criticism of this privatisation does not defend mismanagement, but challenges a policy that deliberately undermines public entities so they can be later
www.thefridaytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
PIA’s privatisation isn’t just about efficiency—it reflects decades of state failure, elite capture, and a shrinking vision of public welfare.
By Habib Afridi
Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Dec-2025/...
#PIAPrivatisation #PublicAssets #Neoliberalism #PakistanEconomy #StateFailure #Economic
By Habib Afridi
Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Dec-2025/...
#PIAPrivatisation #PublicAssets #Neoliberalism #PakistanEconomy #StateFailure #Economic
'Whatever their differences on issues like trade and immigration, they shared a basic goal: to #strip_mine #publicassets for the benefit of private interests'
December 8, 2024 at 7:03 AM
'Whatever their differences on issues like trade and immigration, they shared a basic goal: to #strip_mine #publicassets for the benefit of private interests'
Happening right now- before your eyes- in #Trumpton!
And they will "STEAL"YOUR Pensions, YOUR Savings, YOUR #PublicAssets, YOUR Jobs, YOUR Rights and Protections, YOUR Country, YOUR Futures!
It's #Dystopia - led by #LiarStarmer and the rancid, #RobotReeves! There will be NO GROWTH-just RECESSION!
And they will "STEAL"YOUR Pensions, YOUR Savings, YOUR #PublicAssets, YOUR Jobs, YOUR Rights and Protections, YOUR Country, YOUR Futures!
It's #Dystopia - led by #LiarStarmer and the rancid, #RobotReeves! There will be NO GROWTH-just RECESSION!
March 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happening right now- before your eyes- in #Trumpton!
And they will "STEAL"YOUR Pensions, YOUR Savings, YOUR #PublicAssets, YOUR Jobs, YOUR Rights and Protections, YOUR Country, YOUR Futures!
It's #Dystopia - led by #LiarStarmer and the rancid, #RobotReeves! There will be NO GROWTH-just RECESSION!
And they will "STEAL"YOUR Pensions, YOUR Savings, YOUR #PublicAssets, YOUR Jobs, YOUR Rights and Protections, YOUR Country, YOUR Futures!
It's #Dystopia - led by #LiarStarmer and the rancid, #RobotReeves! There will be NO GROWTH-just RECESSION!
Unbelievable! #Fiefdoms run by cut-throat #CorporateCrooks - stealing #PublicAssets, exploiting workers, and environmental rights, #AvoidingTax - and ENRICHING THEMSELVES whilst DESTROYING our #PublicServices and PAUPERISING UK citizens!
We need a #PublicInquiry into this Criminal Heist!
We need a #PublicInquiry into this Criminal Heist!
March 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Unbelievable! #Fiefdoms run by cut-throat #CorporateCrooks - stealing #PublicAssets, exploiting workers, and environmental rights, #AvoidingTax - and ENRICHING THEMSELVES whilst DESTROYING our #PublicServices and PAUPERISING UK citizens!
We need a #PublicInquiry into this Criminal Heist!
We need a #PublicInquiry into this Criminal Heist!
lawcouncil.au
February 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM