Budget 2021 showed little aspiration for the almost 200,000 New Zealanders without a job, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Hon Louise Upston says. “Many people are doing it really tough right now. More than 70,000 people have moved onto the Jobseeker benefit since 2017. More New
Jordan Williams Executive Director New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Your humble taxpayer advocates and analysts spent Thursday morning working through the Budget 2021 papers. I’m afraid to tell you that from a taxpayer perspective there are no redeeming features of this Budget. It represents a major shift of the economic
Karen Chhour Social Development spokesperson David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern says Kiwis aren’t work shy, but they’re about to get a hell of a lot more shy now she’s more than doubled the budget for the dole. The budget has gone from $1.8 billion in
Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand Kia ora Yesterday, our Government released this year’s Budget, focused on securing our COVID recovery. I’ll go into more detail about what’s in the Budget and why it’s important below, but if you’re short on time, here are
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I move, That all the words after “That” be omitted and the following substituted: “this House has no confidence in anything this Government promises, because after just four years, its track record of failing to deliver, of broken promises, of spin over substance, and of announcements
Today’s Budget is an indictment on the Labour Government’s ability to deliver for New Zealanders, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “We are staring down losses for the next five years. We need a plan to grow the economy, to get us back in surplus sooner so
David Seymour ACT Leader David Seymour. The Government had an opportunity today to get New Zealand back on track following COVID-19, instead, its Budget makes Fawlty Towers look like a hotel with a sound management plan. This Budget does nothing for middle New Zealand, the battlers who work hard
China’s list of beef suppliers is growing thinner by the day. New Zealand consumers can expect to feel the pinch. When China embarked on its diplomatic and trade war on Australia – for the unforgivable sin of asking Beijing to start telling the truth about the Wuhan plague – Australian beef
Today’s Budget lacks the plan and ambition this country needs to grow our economy and reduce the debt burden on future generations, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “This Budget is confirmation of Labour’s inability to deliver. There is nothing in it for middle New Zealand. “It
Kate C. Prickett Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Kate is the Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children and a senior lecturer in the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s promise of
Mark Harvey University of Auckland Dr Mark Harvey (M?t?waka iwi, P?keh?) is an artist and researcher. His research and practice is focussed around social justice, environmentalism, decolonisation, and related political perspectives in the arts and society. It seems unlikely the arts will be a priority in the
The Government should be doing more to make sure people who use our MIQ facilities are paying what they owe in a timely manner, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. National has figures which show the Government was owed almost $7 million in overdue invoices from MIQ guests,
JW Rich fee.org JW Rich is a economics student in Charlotte, NC. His interests are economics, history of economic thought, and philosophy. You can read his work here. Imagine an economy where there is no money. All currencies, mediums of exchange, and other intermediaries of trade no longer exist.
Pictures of Green MPs wearing scarves supporting Palestinians abound this week, after the terrorist group Hamas committed war crimes in their extreme terror attacks on Israel and Jewish Israeli citizens. It never seems to occur to them that the Palestinians committing the attacks are terrorists and the aggressors in these
