New Zealand

General Election:Socialist Policies Needed

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Published: Friday, 19 September 2008 16:40

Written by Graham Day

Prime Minister Helen Clark has called the general election for November 8^thhoping to win a fourth term . The general election date was of no real surprise as it was the much predicted date being the penultimate date with which the government could go to the country . The problem for the Labour Party is that it is well behind in the various opinion polls which give the National Party between 8% and 18% lead over the Labour Party. With such a lead in the opinion polls the Labour Party is most likely to be defeated.

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Labour Government Re-nationalises Railways

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Published: Tuesday, 27 May 2008 02:24

Written by Miles Lacey

The Labour led government is to re-nationalise the railways after reaching an agreement to purchase Australian owned Toll Holdings rail and ferry operating business for $665 million, thus completing the wholesale re-nationalisation of all aspects of the rail and ferry network.

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The 'R' word is back – Recession!

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Published: Sunday, 06 July 2008 01:39

Written by Miles Lacey

 

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The Scandal that is NZ Telecom

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Published: Friday, 04 April 2008 15:44

Written by Jesse Reid

Privatisation, the embrace of the free market and the New Right idealogy in New Zealand. These were the policies of sucessive New Zealand governments during the 1980's and 1990's. First under Labour's "Rogernomics", and later continued under National. Telecom was one of many of New Zealand's important assets which were privatised in this era and has come to epitomise the disasterous consequences we are now facing.

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