Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce the biggest company you certainly have never heard of: Serco.

Serco runs navy patrol boats for the ADF, as well as search and salvage operations through their partnership with P&O which form Maritime Defence Services. Serco runs two Australian Jails already, Acacia in WA and Borallon in Queensland. They are one of the biggest companies in the UK for running electronic tagging of offenders under house arrest or parole. Serco is in one of the two favored bid consortium for the new Sydney metro rail line…