National ambitious for clean NZ environment
New Zealanders should trust National as much with the environment as they do with the economy, and today’s launch of our first policy discussion document on the environment shows National...
Clark presiding over record sea of red ink in DHBs
The Health Minister must be in panic mode this close to the Budget and with every single District Health Board in overdraft, meaning they will struggle to fund any new...
Massive tax grab will hammer NZ economy
New Zealand might have been expecting a capital gains tax to be announced today but the full suite of taxes proposed by the Tax Working Group would threaten the very viability...
More costs as tax monster unleashed
The Tax Working Group has gone much further than a Capital Gains Tax with a raft of new taxes targeting hard-working New Zealanders, National Leader Simon Bridges says. There are...
Wellbeing budget work coming apart at the seams
The Treasury Cost Benefit Analysis tool used to assess budget bids contains a significant error meaning wildly different monetary values appear for the same item depending on which order the...
Govt allows engineers to exploit CTV loophole
The Government is compromising public safety and letting down the families and victims of the CTV building in allowing engineers to continue for decades to exploit a legal loophole for...
Southland to benefit from consultation – Hipkins still welcome
Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie is congratulating the Ministry of Education for reconsidering its programme of consultation and sending the review panel to Southland so our community can have its say....
Govt holds up pay equity for part-time teachers
The Equal Pay Amendment Bill risks significantly delaying pay equity for part-time teachers, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. “The transitional provisions of the Bill will put at risk existing...
Assessment of ban - we’ll be poorer not cleaner
New Zealanders will end up poorer as a result of the Government’s ban on new oil and gas exploration, but they’ll have nothing to show for it in terms of...
When gaining a friend is more important than A&E
When gaining a friend is deemed more important than avoiding the Emergency Room in Treasury’s model it puts in doubt the analysis that should have underpinned its ‘well-being Budget, National’s...