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		<title>Service cuts for elderly must be resisted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance Party has joined calls from Age Concern and others to stop an Otago and Southland District Health Board move to scrap home help services for the elderly.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alliance.org.nz/index.php/2010/03/02/service-cuts-for-elderly-must-be-resisted/</link>
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		<title>Alliance backs campaign for local rail manufacture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance is backing a campaign by rail workers to have KiwiRail's new locomotives and wagons built in New Zealand.
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		<link>http://www.alliance.org.nz/index.php/2010/02/27/alliance-backs-campaign-for-local-rail-manufacture/</link>
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		<title>Home help for elderly cuts a disgrace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A decision to cut home help services for the elderly in Otago and Southland is an indictment on the National Government.
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		<link>http://www.alliance.org.nz/index.php/2010/02/22/home-help-for-elderly-cuts-a-disgrace/</link>
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		<title>Proposed GST rise will hurt bulk funded social services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance Party says a rise in GST would impact on bulk-funded organizations in the disability, elderly and social services sector.  
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		<link>http://www.alliance.org.nz/index.php/2010/02/16/proposed-gst-rise-will-hurt-bulk-funded-social-services/</link>
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		<title>Maori Party needs to demonstrate principle over GST hike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alliance Economic Development spokesperson Quentin Findlay has congratulated the Maori Party MP, Rahui Katene for stating that the Maori Party could consider walking away from their coalition agreement with the National-led Government if GST was increased to 15%.
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		<link>http://www.alliance.org.nz/index.php/2010/02/11/maori-party-needs-to-demonstrate-principle-over-gst-hike/</link>
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		<title>We need a Robin Hood tax – not a &#8220;robbin&#8217; the people&#8221; tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance is supporting a new campaign to introduce a tax on banks and finance institutions that is creating waves in the UK.
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		<link>http://www.alliance.org.nz/index.php/2010/02/11/we-need-a-robin-hood-tax-%e2%80%93-not-a-robbin-the-people-tax/</link>
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		<title>Alliance welcomes Court of Appeal ruling on election closing address</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance Party has welcomed today's Court of Appeal ruling that found in favour of the Alliance's complaint on lack of broadcasting time in the 2008 general election.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.alliance.org.nz/index.php/2010/02/10/alliance-welcomes-court-of-appeal-ruling-on-election-closing-address/</link>
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		<title>Alliance calls for fairer tax system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance would make the tax system fairer for the vast majority of New Zealanders.
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		<link>http://www.alliance.org.nz/index.php/2010/02/09/alliance-calls-for-fairer-tax-system/</link>
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		<title>John Key plays the role of &#8220;Sheriff of Nottingham&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The proposed rise in GST makes the Prime Minister John Key "Robin Hood in reverse" says the Alliance Party, which probably means he is playing the role of the Sheriff of Nottingham - robbing from the poor to help the rich.
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		<link>http://www.alliance.org.nz/index.php/2010/02/09/john-key-plays-the-role-of-sheriff-of-nottingham/</link>
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		<title>Stop privatization of NZ prisons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance Party fully supports the Corrections Association in their battle to prevent the privatisation of prison management in New Zealand.
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		<link>http://www.alliance.org.nz/index.php/2010/02/09/stop-privatization-of-nz-prisons/</link>
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