Privatisation in NSW: A timeline and key sources
This paper has been updated by a more recent paper Privatisation in NSW: An update published in 2024.
Since the late 1980s, large-scale privatisation of many government-owned enterprises has occurred at the national, State and Territory levels. Reviews privatisations that have occurred in NSW since the Greiner Government completed its first privatisation with the sale of the NSW Investment Corporation in 1989. Features a timeline of privatisations in NSW since 1989, up to and including the recent sales of the titling and registry business of Land and Property Information, and Endeavour Energy.
Identifies the enabling legislation (where relevant) and the proceeds of the sale in nominal terms. Lists key sources published by the NSW Government, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), and the Commonwealth Government; as well as relevant research, media and stakeholder material.
Daniel Montoya
Laura Ismay
Parliamentary Research Service
Issues Backgrounder 2, 2017
Published: June 2017
