{"id":33919,"date":"2025-07-29T21:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=33919"},"modified":"2025-07-29T21:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:16:38","slug":"labors-secret-plan-to-break-its-word-privatise-bus-operations-without-tender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/labors-secret-plan-to-break-its-word-privatise-bus-operations-without-tender\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor\u2019s secret plan to break its word: privatise bus operations without tender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Minns Labor Government has been caught red-handed secretly looking to extend the private operations for the Inner West (Region 6) of the Greater Sydney bus network without informing the public or even going to tender.<br>\u00a0<br>Reports today flies in direct contrast to Labor\u2019s anti-privatisation stance before the election, revealing once again that they have no new ideas or plans to improve public transport for commuters.<br>\u00a0<br>This development is particularly embarrassing for Transport Minister John Graham, who labelled Region 6 a \u201ctotal failure\u201d and a \u201cfailed experiment\u201d in Opposition1, yet in Government he hasn\u2019t bothered to consult the public or even tell them!<br>\u00a0<br>The secret plans raise further doubt on what the point of this Labor Government\u2019s overall transport agenda, following confirmation in recent months that there will be:<br>\u00a0<br>No new Metro Lines or major projects will be invested in<br>Nearly one thousand staff cut inside Transport for NSW<br>No actual plan to improve the consistently shocking on-time running for the Sydney Train network.<br>\u00a0<br>Mark Speakman, Leader of the Opposition said Mark Speakman secret deals and secret plans just show this Government has no real agenda to deliver better services for the people of NSW, only spin.<br>\u00a0<br>Shadow Minister for Transport and Roads Natalie Ward said this is proof Labor have misled the public.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cLabor\u2019s position was no more privatisation. They have told the public one thing before the election and have done the complete opposition when in Government.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cThere will be spin, there will be excuses, but word is your bond and this a broken promise.\u201d<br>\u00a0<br>NSW deserves more than easel boards and corflutes with ideas, empty speeches, and cut-and-paste press conferences. We need leadership. We need delivery. We need vision.<br>\u00a0<br>1 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.nsw.gov.au\/Hansard\/Pages\/HansardResult.aspx#\/docid\/HANSARD-1820781676-80995\">https:\/\/www.parliament.nsw.gov.au\/Hansard\/Pages\/HansardResult.aspx#\/docid\/HANSARD-1820781676-80995\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minns Labor Government has been caught red-handed secretly looking to extend the private operations for the Inner West (Region 6) of the Greater Sydney bus network without informing the public or even going to tender.\u00a0Reports today flies in direct contrast to Labor\u2019s anti-privatisation stance before the election, revealing once again that they have no &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/labors-secret-plan-to-break-its-word-privatise-bus-operations-without-tender\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor\u2019s secret plan to break its word: privatise bus operations without tender&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33920,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33919\/revisions\/33920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}