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April Minimum Wage Increase Must Be Delayed
ACT Party Workplace Relations spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Having previously ignored advice and failed to take account of economic conditions, this year the Government must delay the 1 April increase to the minimum wage,” says ACT Small Business and Workplace Relations spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Last night’s announcement of another Auckland
Government Bleeding Auckland to Death
It’s still dark outside as I write this. I couldn’t sleep last night so I gave up trying at 4:00am, got up and thanked my lucky stars that I’m retired, reasonably well off and probably one of the few whose life will barely be impacted by
Tipping the Market in Favour of First Time Buyers
Grant Robertson and Jacinda are now claiming that they intend to ‘tip the housing market’ in favour of first-time buyers. How exactly they are going to do this is unclear. What is abundantly clear is that they haven’t got a clue how to tip the housing market in any
Bloomberg: Venezuela Turns to Privatization after Being Bankrupted by Socialism
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Early in 2007, after winning a second six-year term as president, Hugo Chávez
Aussie Advertisers Begin to Walk Away from Facebook
As the war between the Australian government and Facebook drags on, signs are growing that the Big Tech titan has badly miscalculated. Aside from the horror publicity for Facebook, the Australian government immediately retaliated by pulling all government advertising on the platform. Now private companies are following the government’s
More Than One Suicide a Week
A recent investigation by Newshub has put a much-needed spotlight on suicide rates in the construction industry. Research back in 2019 identified construction as the worst sector for suicides both per capita and by the total number, with over 300 between 2007 and 2017. The Newshub report reveals the rate
Matariki Almost a Half Billion Dollar Tax on Business
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “Official advice to the Government says an extra public holiday at Matariki could cost almost $450 million,” ACT Leader David Seymour can reveal. “This is a perfect example of the Prime Minister doing what’s popular versus what’s responsible. “The bill is more
Tenants Are Being Evicted
I admit I still use Facebook, but only to keep in touch with family and friends overseas. I do, however, subscribe to a Lower Hutt Community page, mainly for local information, particularly if there has been an earthquake, or there is bad weather. However, I have been surprised to see
Immigration NZ Doing More Harm Than Good
ACT Party “A completely inflexible Immigration New Zealand seems hell-bent on disrupting New Zealand’s food supply chain,” says ACT Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall and ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The Government should be on a war footing right now, shoring up export income from agriculture, but it
Why Competition Is the Antidote to Big Tech’s Bad Behaviour, Not Politicians
Kimberlee Josephson fee.org Dr. Kimberlee Josephson is an Assistant Professor of Business and the Associate Dean for the Breen Center for Graduate Success at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania. Since the start of 2021, debates about hosting sites, web services, and social media bans have drawn attention from
Government Won’t Save Us from Big Media
Dale Steinreich mises.org Dale Steinreich is an economist and an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute. A sitting US president is suspended from Twitter, Facebook, and email service provider Campaign Monitor. A pillow entrepreneur not only loses his personal and business Twitter accounts but also ten retail stores for
How Gamers Are Helping Cinemas Survive
The great genius of capitalism is its ability to harness human ingenuity. Socialism, as Frank Zappa wisely said, “produced bad music, bad art, social stagnation, and really unhappy people”. Even when pandemic-licensed governments do their damnedest to get their socialism on, and completely control the means of production by arbitrarily
Corporate Social Responsibility Hits a New Low
19th February 2021 There is a row brewing over Australian energy company Woodside and its Operations in Myanmar. Its chief executive said the company would press ahead with a major gas development in Myanmar and suggested the nation’s former civilian leaders ignored the army’s grievances in the lead-up
Making Cars Green Means Closing Engine Plants
Sir John Redwood MP johnredwoodsdiary.com John Redwood won a free place at Kent College, Canterbury, and graduated from Magdalen College Oxford. He is a Distinguished fellow of All Souls, Oxford. A businessman by background, he has set up an investment management business, was both executive and non-executive chairman of