Access to Port Bid Documents Remain Private and Confidential

Today, inquiries to receive a copy of the Expression of Interest (EOI) form for potential bidders for the lease of Port Kembla and Port Botany have not been forthcoming.

An advertisement seeking Expressions of Interest was posted in Tuesday's newspapers media. NSW Treasury has outsourced the EOI’s to Morgan Stanley, and information is being tightly regulated by the private firm.

Sources state that Treasury has made very clear that confidentiality is of the “utmost importance”. The documents will be difficult to get under freedom of information laws.

Save Our Ports members are continuing to seek the EOI’s. Something as basic as an EOI should not be so difficult to obtain under normal circumstances. 

All paperwork related to the privatisation is important, and preventing the release of information does not seem a legitimate way to handle the process.

The campaign encourages all members of the community to seek the right to access these documents.

Image (c) R. Worthington 2012.