Resisting Centralist Power – Part 3
Federations are the best way to govern a large and diverse country like Australia and far better than the alternative, centralism – power and law making centralised in one place.
Economy
Time to Break up the Supermarket Duopoly
An embarrassing big con is being sold to New Zealanders. Hopefully the politicians and public soon learn to look beyond the duopoly’s plea to only have tweaks made to their dominance and then genuine reform can come.
‘Net Zero’ Makes Everything Go Up
When the price of energy goes up, so does the price of everything else.
Resisting Centralist Power – Part 2
The balance of the States’ financial requirements is met through Commonwealth grants. This gives the Commonwealth enormous economic power and influence, and is inefficient and inequitable.
Grocery Report Paints ‘Concerning Picture’
The commission supports reviewing the Fair Trading Act to impose stricter penalties for pricing inaccuracies, aiming to protect consumer rights and improve market competition.
Stuffing up and Shifting Blame
Treasurer Zippy can point all the fingers he wants, but we can all see who’s stuffed the economy.
How Do CFOs Really Feel About Business Outlook in NZ?
Forty-one per cent met or exceeded their revenue growth targets in 2024, and 37 per cent achieved or surpassed their profit growth targets, indicating resilience despite rising costs.
How Genghis Khan Is Driving Your Grocery Bill Higher
In FTC chair Lina Khan’s mind, lawfare is always and everywhere the answer. And somehow we are all supposed to become more prosperous because of it. That’s capitalism in the 21st century, folks: the federal government will sue its way into prosperity.
Treasury Secretary Discusses How to Improve Prosperity
Asked what her legacy would be, Caralee McLiesh replied, “Any leader wants to leave things better than when they came.” On that Key Performance Indicator, her tenure at the Treasury was a failure.
The Oceans Are Overflowing, They Say
Give us a trillion dollars, says UN’s Guterres.
Meet the Taliban’s New Sugar Daddy
The Biden administration seems to be going out of its way to make Uncle Sam a laughing stock… which ultimately turns other nations away from the dollar.
Resisting Centralist Power – Part 1
The desire of West Australians to separate from the Federation was not fulfilled as the British Imperial Parliament refused to act, claiming that such an action could only be taken with the consent of the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia.
New Zealand’s Child Poverty Conundrum
The numbers cannot be encouraged to keep growing. That will only ramp-up inter-generational dependency and further deplete potential productivity.
Mpox: the Numbers and the Reality
That is what the new international emergency looks like in actual data. Whichever way you count it, it is not going to become much more significant. It is not a global emergency, by any sane, rational, public health-based definition.
The Labour Party Leader’s Sad Plan for NZ Is a Copy of the UK Prime Minister’s.
Except with a difference: Hipkins wants NZ to fail. For talking NZ down and wanting us to fail, Hipkins should get out of politics.
The MSM Think We’re Stupid
The projected cost blowout of $775m to $3.2b for two interisland ferries.