Telstra sale

The Australian: Country warms to Telstra but doesn't want it sold :

"COMMUNITY opposition to the full privatisation of Telstra is growing, with 70 per cent of Australians against the $30 billion share sale despite increasing satisfaction with telecommunications services in the country."

I seem to remember the Telstra sale was an election issue. It may even have been an election promise, but who cares? We have never wanted to sell our main telecommunications carrier. We didn't want to lose Arnotts , either, but who listens to us. No, we want to have the majority of Telstra owned by Australia. Telstra has worked with us for a long time and eventually gets to providing some very good ideas and service. The whole issue of who owns our public utilities ought to be being discussed, as the experiences of other countries with privatised utilities. But I now live in a country where my voice just goes out into cyberspace or fresh air. 70% of us do not want it sold. How many communications companies have fallen flat? Optus and Vodaphone seem to be in there but the names of others come and go. We'd be off down the same road as the electricity and gas provision. I cannot begin to share with you what a rare privilege it has been to be party to privatised utilities.