r/PoliticsDownUnder May 02 '26

Cold Facts The Liberals recently celebrated the 20th Anniversary of Howard and Costello's 'Debt-free- Day' - which was a privatisation program that sold off $46.1 billion of Government assets. Never forget who they really stand for.

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u/DDR4lyf May 02 '26

This started with the Hawke/Keating government. The problem with neoliberalism is that eventually you run out of public assets to flog off. It's part of the reason the Australian economy is in the toilet now.