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[โ€“] galacticworm@piefed.social 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Call me a pessimist, but anything government owned that is mildly successful will be sold off by the Libs at the first available opportunity.. imagine if $9b a year from the Commonwealth Bank was going back into revenue, then add telecoms, electricity providers etc

[โ€“] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Then just make it a cost centre propped up by taxpayers. You could make shelf prices really cheap. Model it like public transport or public healthcare.