Posts Tagged ‘asset sales’

Maori Party to quit Govt?

Written By: - Date published: 2:04 pm, January 31st, 2012 - 86 comments

News in on the Herald says the Maori party are talking the talk over National’s latest insult to Maori.

Will they quit the Government?  Or will the smell of those limo seats  mean another backdown in a couple of weeks?

Emerson on privatisation

Written By: - Date published: 7:27 am, January 11th, 2012 - 24 comments

And so it begins

Written By: - Date published: 10:47 pm, December 15th, 2011 - 218 comments

Mighty River Power is first on the block, to be sold in the third quarter of next year (weather conditions permitting).

Last chance to save our Assets

Written By: - Date published: 6:32 am, November 25th, 2011 - 5 comments

This election is a referendum on Asset Sales – will you vote to save our Assets?

Nat asset sales lies

Written By: - Date published: 7:07 am, November 23rd, 2011 - 53 comments

Last night TV1 revealed National’s lies on the explosive topic of asset sales.  The Nats have no official advice to back up their asset sales claims, and information is being withheld from the public.  Not good enough – vote them out.

Five days to Save our Assets

Written By: - Date published: 6:42 am, November 21st, 2011 - 152 comments

Phil Goff said yesterday we had “Six days to save our assets” – now we have 5. Here’s what University of Auckland’s economics professor thinks about asset sales, and some more reasons why we desperately need to avoid a National-led government on November 27.

Labour to entrench SOEs

Written By: - Date published: 2:00 pm, June 20th, 2011 - 92 comments

Phil Goff has just announced that Labour is putting up a private members’ bill to entrench SOEs. This would mean they could only be sold either with 75% support of Parliament, or with majority support in a referendum. Great Stuff. These are our assets. They should not be sold without our permission.

Economy

Written By: - Date published: 8:25 am, April 3rd, 2011 - 84 comments

The economy, shall we say politely, is facing some difficulties. With a National government there was no plan as to how to weather the economic storm, we just got tax cuts for the rich and an economy that just can’t get growing.

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