David Lange become Prime Minister and Roger Douglas became Minister of Finance — the economic reforms undertaken by Douglas, nicknamed Rogernomics, would prove to be a defining feature of the fourth Labour government, and were deeply unpopular with Labour's traditional support base.
Act on Campus have been primary supporters of the Education (Freedom of Association) Bill by Sir Roger Douglas and Hon Heather Roy.
When the Fourth Labour Government was formed after the 1984 elections, Caygill aligned himself with Roger Douglas, the controversial Minister of Finance.
Subsequently he was an econcomic adviser to the Minister of Finance Roger Douglas (1984–1987)
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He assisted in the development of an Economic Policy Package proposed by Roger Douglas, the Labour party spokesperson on Finance.
Throughout her seven-year membership of the party she was a critic of the policies advanced by Roger Douglas, who became Minister of Finance when Labour won the 1984 election.
It replaced the monopoly New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation with two competing publicly owned television channels, Television One, and Television Two (later called South Pacific Television) a corporation to manage public radio, Radio New Zealand, and a new Broadcasting Council.
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During his absence from national politics Douglas held senior positions at a number of prominent companies such as BIL which he briefly served as Executive Chairman.
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"What happened then is that the fourth Labour government was elected and new right economic theory took sway. The Roger Douglas market theory was being applied and the statutory monopoly, that used to exist for Plunket and Karitane, was eroded and eventually done away with. So our preschool childcare was significantly dented".
Eventually, the Prime Minister, David Lange, fired Douglas as finance minister and then himself resigned.