From: morris geoff [natenco1@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 22 September 2003 1:56 PM
To: Babyack, Sharon (SEN)
Subject: RE: RE SENATE INQUIRY FURTHER SALE OF TELSTRA

As requested, Geoff Morris, PO Box 35 BEMBOKA NSW 2550 PH: 02-64930225


>From: "Babyack, Sharon (SEN)" <Sharon.Babyack@aph.gov.au>
>To: "morris geoff" <natenco1@hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: RE SENATE INQUIRY FURTHER SALE OF TELSTRA
>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:48:13 +1000
>
>Thankyou for your submission. Could you please forward your name, 
>postal and telephone details for our records and the processing of your 
>submission.
>
>Regards,
>
>Sharon Babyack
>Executive Assistant
>Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 
>Committee
>
>02 6277 3526
>email: Sharon.Babyack@aph.gov.au
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: morris geoff [mailto:natenco1@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, 18 September 2003 10:31 AM
>To: ECITA, Committee (SEN)
>Subject: RE SENATE INQUIRY FURTHER SALE OF TELSTRA
>
>
>The Committee,
>Received your request through our Branch President and accordingly 
>advise full support of your efforts to maintain public control of this
>important
>Utility.
>
>Privatisation is a debate within itself. Most complete privatisation 
>exercises to date appear to have some degree of failure in the 
>transition phase. The long term cost and quality of service provided to 
>customers as a
>result of these failures is now producing a trend that may be able to be
>
>used to quantify the argument against sale. ie Victoria power, Rail 
>Corp.
>
>Regional employment seems to be the first area where local communities 
>suffer losses as a result of centralisation of service personell. 
>Followed by a loss of efficiency of service delivery and in turn 
>consumer confidence.
>How will this affect the share price in the future as the competitors
>ramp
>up their activities? Not good corporate governance for investors who
>have
>already been burnt and may be looking for a returns in the longer term!
>
>Bailing out on a viable business, what is the sustainable income the 
>Government is proposing as a replacement to the current income stream 
>produced by Telstra?
>
>Not being ofay on the issues of National Security through loss of 
>interest in the wire services; if this issue is relevant it will be 
>interesting to
>see it emerge during the course of debate.
>
>When NRMA de mutualised the benchmarker was eliminated and the Gordon 
>Gekko phenomonom has taken over, feel sure taking the TELSTRA 
>benchmarker will
>
>prove likewise. The Microsoft monopoly is scary enough and the efforts 
>by the US Govt to establish a level playing field were thwarted. 
>Question, who
>is going to buy TELSTRA and could Government be thwarted in any efforts
>to
>maintain pricing structures that reflect our economic status and
>affordability for our citizens once small players are dispensed with.
>Scary
>scenario!
>
>Thank you for the opportunity to air some views and best wishes in not 
>only outfoxin the Libs on this one but also Medicare.
>
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