Original article by Annabel Hepworth, Michael McKenna
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 15-Jan-15

Public assets privatisation is a major issue in the campaigning for the Queensland state election to be held on 31 January 2015. Business leaders, as surveyed by the Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland, have voiced strong support for the plans of Premier Campbell Newman to lease power and ports infrastructure to overseas institutional investors. He believes that the eventual gains may exceed the original estimate of $A37bn, of which $A25bn will be used to pay down the state’s debt

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