privatisation Archive

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  Whitehead reveals Government’s Hand ?? - by Kennedy Graham

  
  
  
  In an interesting move the Treasury seems to be foreshadowing the Government’s privatisation agenda by yesterday putting out a press release of their CE’s speech which calls for change in the public sector. Given how closely the speech aligns with the Government’s rhetoric around the public sector and their ideological commitment to the private sector, [...] read more
  July 21, 2009 2:35 pm - 12 Comments
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  Is making money out of sick people efficient? - by frog

  
  
  
  In a cautionary tale the New Yorker explores the effect of organising health care around making money. “It finds that costlier care is often worse care….” This article looks at why some towns have much higher health care costs than others. It finds that higher costs are driven by health providers seeking to make a [...] read more
  June 23, 2009 9:22 am - 20 Comments
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  ACC – Game on! - by Sue Bradford

  
  
  
  ACC has been hitting the headlines all week, starting with the sacking of Board chair Ross Wilson on Monday and culminating with a total shambles at the Select Committee financial review of ACC yesterday. Amidst all the verbiage it is a mission trying to work out the true state of ACC, whether there really is [...] read more
  March 13, 2009 10:00 am - 50 Comments
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  Energy shakeup looming - by frog

  
  
  
  The DomPost Business section leads with a discussion of what national is likely to do with the imminent shakeup of our energy sector. It amounts to privatisation by other means, and sets it for a complete government sell-off to foreign investors in 2011. (No-one else could afford the $12 billion asset!) Re-combining Mighty River Power, [...] read more
  November 11, 2008 1:40 pm - 28 Comments
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  Privatisation still on National´s agenda - by frog

  
  
  
  Despite no one wanting it besides the ACT party, National is persisting on the path towards privatising ACC. Business doesn’t want it, the EMA doesn’t want it, doctors don’t want it and unions don’t want it. Most workers don´t want it because it is so confusing. Still, National´s ACC spokeswoman Pansy Wong is keeping it [...] read more
  October 24, 2008 2:34 pm - 14 Comments
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  The Aussie First Party - by frog

  
  
  
  It seems like John Key has got a big thing for supporting business – Australian business, that is! First there was National’s neither confirm nor deny position on its campaign relationship with Aussie attack politics consultants Crosby Textor. Then Key was forced to admit that a National-led Government would want to privatise ACC – despite [...] read more
  July 8, 2008 8:39 am - 9 Comments
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  Working with National’s vision - by frog

  
  
  
  I thought it was strange to read Fran O’Sullivan suggesting that ‘Coalition mates need to be ready for National’s vision‘. Most of the parties in Parliament have a record over recent years of working together in governing or support arrangements of some sort or another. Among the few notable exceptions is National (by dint obviously [...] read more
  June 21, 2008 2:26 pm - 51 Comments