Press Release: ACT Party * Balancing the books: Back in surplus in four years while delivering $3.1 billion of tax cuts. * A wealthier country: Less debt, lower taxes, higher growth and incomes. * Safety from future pandemics: $816 million over three years for border security, research and PPE. * Getting Kiwis back
Nick Stewart Stewart Group COVID-19 has got the attention of the world, and a great deal of information has been published about the pandemic in recent months. As a nation, we did everything in our power to slow down the COVID-19 spread, and at the end of level
Michael Reddell croakingcassandra.com Having mentioned yesterday the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Stringency Index, I was playing around with variants of this chart, tracing the responses of various governments through time. On this variant I’ve included the Anglo countries and most of the countries of western Europe. It
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I’m especially worried after reading Grant Robertson‘s pre-budget speech; what a lot of nonsense, interspersed only with sloganeering and hyperbole. Good grief, what else to make of such rubbish as this forewarning of next week’s announcements: “It is a Budget delivered in the shadow of one-
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Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Marxists get up early in the morning to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.” British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 1978 New Zealand is at a crossroads. This is the moment that will define the next generation. Will our
Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz To understand the risks of ending lockdown, it is useful to think of a worst-case scenario. What would happen if ending lockdown led to a fate like Spain, Italy and New York? A well-known epidemiologist has calculated the answer. For individuals aged less
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com We’re about to enter the greatest economic depression in our history. But make no mistake, it’s not been caused by the coronavirus but instead is entirely man-made, singularly attributable to cop-out mismanagement by the government. From time to time we all
Cautious, self-confessed ‘perfectionist’ Ardern was never going to allow Winston’s Aussie ski bunnies to frolic on our slopes this winter. (But the publicity of attending Morrison’s cabinet meeting by Skype was useful for her global brand building. Never mind that he almost forgot to cover it in
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Video Transcript: General Debate Hon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would like to acknowledge all the people in business who have kept paying the wages, who have kept paying their rent, who have kept their employees employed, and who are not sacking their staff or making
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National’s big plan to assist with recovery in a post-COVID-19 world appears to be an extra big dollop of corporate welfare. Once again the pitch seems to be for people to vote National because they aren’t quite as bad as Labour. National Party leader Simon Bridges
Scott Morrison is at least showing that he is the bigger person in the trans-Tasman relationship, by throwing Jacinda Ardern a bone she has done little to merit. At every turn in their relationship, Ardern has sniped, cry-bullied and hectored Morrison and Australia. Realistically, Australia is naturally going
