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Privatisation: the good, the bad, and the ugly

ANALYSIS: If Christopher Luxon wins a second term and embarks on a round of asset sales, there are three decades’ worth of lessons on what to do – and what not to do.

WATCH: Senior journalist Lachlan Colquhoun speaks with Simon Shepherd.

When Australia embraced privatisation in the 1990s, there was a minister in the Howard government who talked about the “yellow pages test”.

Referencing the massive directories of businesses that were distributed along with the phone book of private numbers, the minister said that, if you could

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Lachlan Colquhoun Wed, 12 Feb 2025
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