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Pollies: What is Labour's 'definitive' stance on public private partnerships?

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Publish Date
Wed, 19 Mar 2025, 9:21am
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Pollies: What is Labour's 'definitive' stance on public private partnerships?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 19 Mar 2025, 9:21am

Labour is ruling out supporting foreign investment in what it calls "critical infrastructure", including hospitals, schools, and prisons. 

Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds has told Ryan Bridge there is a place for some public private partnerships but won't say which ones Labour will support. 

Labour’s Ginny Andersen told Mike Hosking that there some fundamental areas that they believe aren’t helped by making a profit out of them. 

However, she says, they’ve made it clear that if National goes into a deal for a PPP, they won’t wind it back. 

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