The people have the right to reject the part-privatization of their hospital

Public Services International sub-regional secretary Michael Whaites says the people of Shellharbour have the right to reject the part-privatization of their hospital. “Port Macquarie Base Hospital in NSW, Victoria's La Trobe Hospital and South Australia's Modbury Hospital were among the litany of failures - all having to be eventually bought back by state governments. ‘Just because it's private doesn't mean it's more efficient. ...Seven hospitals around the country have gone into a public-private partnership (PPP) and have failed,’ Mr. Whaites said. ‘When Port Macquarie was run by a private operator, the elective surgery wait time was double the state average and costs were 20 per cent higher.’ At La Trobe the company experienced losses of $6.2 million and the government had to take it back … at Modbury there was a $2 million loss for that company.’”