Forum Archive Index - July 2000

["Steve Moxham" <steve@ezysurf.co.nz>]

Hi Ollie,

Yes I think I know the Australian taskforce you're speaking of. They were the ones that enticed Cedenco across the ditch from Gisborne. They expanded Sth Australia's exports from $5 billion to $10 billion in 5 years and what's more, NONE of the companies they attracted to the State failed. I believe the man at the head of that taskforce has now been hired by Jim Anderton. This was discussed on Kim Hill's National Radio show a few weeks back.    

 

>Dont entirely agree with you, but,  the previous governments blind obsession with ideology (the illusionary >free market) had some flaws.  We will not make real progress until we have a strategy to entice investment. >The Australians and Irish  have very successfully attracted huge flows of foreign capital into sustainable, >"value adding" investment (Greenfields projects that further processed primary products, created exports or >substituted imports) while our half wits congratulated themselves on selling cash cows and strategic >assets.  THe Ockers had a small taskforce dedicated to targetting specific companies to relocate.  We are >not talking about big subsidies.