Free Press ACT Party Hard to Find Material If you would like to read Roger Partridge’s latest excellent column, it is here on Chris Trotter’s blog. Normally Roger’s columns appear in the Herald. This one, a thoughtful critique of the Government’s proposed New Zealand History curriculum,
Housing crisis Claire Robinson (The Guardian): Backlash to Labour’s housing policy has exposed signs of internal party disarray Graham Adams (Democracy Project): Housing – Ardern’s divide-and-rule tactics Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): National’s failure on housing risks making the party irrelevant Henry Cooke (Stuff): Public housing waitlist hits new record
Housing: Crisis and government announcements Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Pride and Property, an Austentatious tale Sasha Borissenko (Herald): What property does the PM and our MPs own? (paywalled) Chris Trotter (Interest): Has Labour embraced ‘Muldoonism’? Geof Nightingale (BusinessDesk): Housing: Of loopholes and unwelcome new rules Steven Cowan: Market madness and non
Housing Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup – Housing announcement a blow for those at the bottom Hayden Donnell (RNZ) Investor-economist alliance dominates media’s housing response Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): Housing changes are a gamble Peter Wilson (RNZ): Week in Politics: Property speculators under the hammer as new ‘political calculus’
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Petition to Open the Trans-Tasman Bubble I am overwhelmed by the wonderful response I have had from people contacting me in support of our National Opposition petition to get a travel bubble opened between Australia and New Zealand as soon as possible. By
Housing: Rental market Stuff: Editorial – Renters could be ‘lost generation’ in New Zealand’s housing crisis 1News: ‘I want them to have a future’ – Concerns renters have been overlooked in housing package 1News: Megan Woods challenged by John Campbell on consideration given to renters in housing package 1News: Rents will
Housing: Rental market Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Forget first-home buyers, the metric of success in the housing crisis is rental prices Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): New Zealanders react after Finance Minister Grant Robertson says tenants will ‘go looking elsewhere’ if landlords hike rents Rachel Sadler (Newshub): Housing crisis: Social media users attack
Free Press ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden The Government’s housing announcements have been a shock. In this special edition of Free Press, ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden makes sense out of the madness, and sets out what ACT will do about it in the next Government. Today
Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union This morning, there was an extraordinary development in the Trevor Mallard false rape allegation matter – enough, we think, to justify his resignation as Speaker, and possibly an MP. Here’s Mike Hosking speaking to Judith Collins on the new revelations a few
Points to Note in Regard to Agricultural Livestock Emissions Ruminant Methane and Nitrous Oxide. The Climate Commission draft report is a missed opportunity to properly redress the numerous and significant mistakes that governments over many years have made about the impact of ruminant methane emissions. FARM recommends the Commission rewrites
Housing announcement Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): Targeting New Zealand’s property speculators is popular, but won’t fix the housing crisis Henry Cooke (Stuff): The bets the Government is making with its sprawling housing package Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour takes its first big majority gambles on housing changes Bernard Hickey:
Housing Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): D-day for the Government’s plan to fix housing, with few easy options Rachel Sadler (Newshub): ‘Radical’ change needed to tackle New Zealand’s severe housing deprivation – political commentator David Hargreaves (Interest): Govt housing changes ‘won’t address the central problem in the housing crisis’ Jason
ACT Party What to make of the Government’s announcement of an announcement? After Cabinet yesterday, the Prime Minister told us when the much-anticipated Aussie Bubble will be announced, in nearly three weeks’ time on April 6th. It is what you’d expect from a leader whose main expertise is
National Party National Leader Judith Collins Yesterday, the Prime Minister had a chance to do the right thing and announce a date when the trans-Tasman safe travel bubble will be open. She chose not to. Instead, she announced that she will soon announce an announcement of a date. You just
Housing Jason Walls (Herald): Remedies for the hot housing market: What does Grant Robertson have up his sleeve? (paywalled) Jenee Tibshraeny (Interest): Treasury defends pace of Govt response to soaring house prices Michael Reddell (BusinessDesk): Revealed: The real cause of high house prices Richard Klipin (Herald): We need to change
On Monday the Prime Minister had a chance to do the right thing and announce a date when the trans-Tasman safe travel bubble will be open. She chose not to. Instead, she announced that she will soon announce an announcement of a date. Her Ministers don’t appear to care
