Railways ‘cost the country $l32M’
The Opposition spokesman on transport, Mr
Winston Peters (Nat., Tauranga), said the Railways losses would be of concern to taxpayers and corporation staff. Losses had more than doubled and, when added to the social services content, meant that the Railways Corporation had cost the country more than $132 million. There was no use blaming deregulation for this, he said. Deregulation had been around for years. The losses were the result of Government policies and its failure to prevent a “wages blowout” last year.
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