privitisation Archive

  • David Clendon

    Private Prisons are expensive and dangerous - by David Clendon



    Yesterday’s announcement that tenders will be called for a private prison to be built in Wiri follows the bulldozing through Parliament of enabling legislation last December. The Greens have opposed this move to privatising prisons, both as a matter of principle and for purely practical reasons. According to Minister Collins, we ‘need’ 2270 more prison [...] read more
    April 15, 2010 10:58 am - 33 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    Who’s next – here come the health cuts - by Kevin Hague



    As reported in the Herald today, Auckland DHB is worried that it could have $150 million dollars slashed from its budget. This is the natural result of National’s plan to progressively cut the national health budget in coming years without investing in public health initiatives that would help drive down long term health costs. This [...] read more
    November 19, 2009 3:28 pm - 41 Comments
  • frog

    Who’s next? Bikers say no to ACC levy increases and privatisation - by frog



    Thousands of bikers descended on Parliament today to protest levy the Government’s hike in motorcyclist levies, and their attack on ACC.   New Green MP and lifetime biker David Clendon and new Green Party ACC Spokesperson Kevin Hague headed down to support the protest. David gave a great speech where he explained that the Greens [...] read more
    November 17, 2009 3:08 pm - 19 Comments
  • frog

    Gutting ACC – National flies true colours - by frog



    National has now openly revealed its plans to privatise ACC – clearly, the Government has been softening the public up for this for a while. read more
    October 23, 2009 2:26 pm - 9 Comments
  • Metiria Turei

    Our democracy deserves a fair MMP referendum - by Metiria Turei



    The future of New Zealand’s democracy is at stake here – it is only fair that the referendum on MMP is developed by an independent process with full public input. An independent body such as the Electoral Commission would be right for the job, The Government has indicated that it is likely a referendum on [...] read more
    October 20, 2009 9:33 am - 40 Comments
  • frog

    What’s happening with ACC? - by frog



    Who knows?? The Government (or any of its officials) wouldn’t front at the recent Reviewing Accident Compensation Summit. The hot topic of the day was privatisation but participants were left in the dark about whether National will keep pushing in this direction. Both the Greens and Labour did attend – check out Sue B’s speech, [...] read more
    July 2, 2009 12:17 pm - 4 Comments