Hospitals, housing and dental services ripe for privatisation, says Productivity Commission report

By Michael Koziol, Political Reporter
Updated December 5 2016 - 4:08pm, first published 12:15am
Treasurer Scott Morrison asked the Productivity Commission to investigate the possibility of greater competition in human services. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Treasurer Scott Morrison asked the Productivity Commission to investigate the possibility of greater competition in human services. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Public hospitals, social housing and palliative care services are ripe for privatisation, outsourcing and other reforms to inject greater competition into what have been public sector monopolies, the Productivity Commission has found.

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