Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says the only way to deal with student debt is to scrap the current scheme altogether.
“Fees and student loans have to go, that’s all there is to it. No amount of tinkering, along the lines proposed by National and Labour, will fix the scheme because it simply doesn’t work. It never has worked.” Read the rest of this entry »
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The Alliance Party has called for the introduction of a capital gains tax to tackle unaffordable house prices.
Alliance tax spokesperson Professor Jim Flynn says the introduction of a capital gains tax would help keep home ownership affordable for the average New Zealander. Read the rest of this entry »
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The January 2007 meeting for the Dunedin Branch of the Alliance is on Tuesday 29 January at 7 p.m. in the Brian Arnold room of the Dunedin Community House, Cnr Moray Place and Great King Street, Dunedin. (N.B. Please use the buzzer on the door if locked.)
Contact the Branch Convenor for more information.
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The Wellington Alliance meets on Tuesday 22 January, 7.30 pm at Crossways Community Centre, cnr of Brougham and Elizabeth Streets, Mount Victoria.
For more information contact Jocelyn Brooks.
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The Alliance says it is offensive and wrong that underfunded state schools are taking on debt collectors to retrieve “donations” when the government continues to sit on a large financial surplus. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Alliance says New Zealand’s housing crisis is getting worse while the Labour Government refuses to deal with the problem – and the National Party continues to put the interests of big business before the public good. Read the rest of this entry »
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Speech by Alliance co-leader Victor Billot to public meeting, Crossways Community Centre, Wellington, Sunday 18 November 2007
This talk is about some of the problems we face as a society, and some of the solutions the Alliance Party are advocating.
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