Thousands protest privatisation of Australian electricity industry
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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Location of Australia
In New South Wales today, thousands of people joined a protest including 15 Labor Members of Parliament about the State Government's plans to privatise the electricity industry.
The MPs inclued Paul Gibson, Upper House president Peter Primrose, and former MPs Kerry Hickey and Grant McBride.
Mr Gibson was reported as saying, "I'm a member of the Australian Labor Party and I'm sticking to the Labor platform and policy."
The Government seems to have ignored the positions of the protesters, with Premier Morris Iemma expressing to the first sitting of Paliament for 2008 that his Government's plans would proceed.
Related instances in Tamworth occured, when workers in the Electricty Trade Union walked off the job.
[edit] Sources
- Nick Ralston and Paul Carter "Government MPs join power protest". News.com.au, February 26, 2008
- "Tamworth electricity workers join privatisation protest". Australian Broadcasting Corporation, February 26, 2008
