A NSW upper house inquiry has urged the government to consider reversing the "disastrous" privatisation of Newcastle's bus network after finding it has led to inferior services, higher costs for passengers and worse pay and conditions for drivers.
The inquiry committee chair, Greens MP Abigail Boyd, said in her foreword to the report that the government's objective to cut costs and private operators' desire to maximise profits had come at the expense of effective and reliable services.
