Apparently Newman isn't prepared to divulge the costs involved in returning the assets back into public ownership. Papers have reported that there are costs involved in the proposed lease agreement to the Govt. for the return of possibly obsolete assets.
Any private company will allow the asset to run down in the last 20 years, making it not viable for a return to public ownership. The future Govt will sell these asset for a token amount!
The Govt is relying that future generation forgetting that it was the norm for vital infrastructure to be publicly owned.
The Newman Govt is buying votes with speculated money ..... there is no assurance that they will be able to lease the assets for the amount that they want.
