Alison Pavlovich Senior lecturer in the School of Accounting and Commercial Law Victoria University of Wellington The new coalition government has announced a suite of tax reforms, including reintroducing the ability for property investors to deduct the interest costs on their mortgages against their rental income. Early criticism of the
Graham J Noble libertynation.com Hunter Biden found himself in significantly deeper legal trouble on December 7, when a grand jury indictment was filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California. The younger Biden is charged with nine counts relating to federal tax crimes. The charges
Bonner Cohen, Ph. D Bonner R. Cohen is a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, where he concentrates on energy, natural resources, and international relations. He also serves as a senior policy adviser with the Heartland Institute, senior policy analyst with the Committee for a Constructive
Michael Ryan University of Waikato theconversation.com New finance minister Nicola Willis has claimed she was blindsided by the state of the government’s books. Days after stepping into the role, she said: The outgoing government has left us with some nasty surprises. There are some fiscal risks that are
Lawrence W. Reed fee.org Lawrence W Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as
Nicolás Cachanosky Dr Cachanosky is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Free Enterprise at The University of Texas at El Paso Woody L. Hunt College of Business. He is also Fellow of the UCEMA Friedman-Hayek Center for the Study of a Free Society. He served
Speaking to Q+A, the new finance minister suggested the outgoing Labour Government had left “some nasty surprises” in the form of “pretty significant” fiscal risks. “It’s fair to say that the outgoing government has left us with some nasty surprises. There are some fiscal risks that are pretty
For a generation who spent so much energy railing against everything old and wealthy, the Boomers in their senescence are notably addicted to money. No wonder George Carlin excoriated the Boomers as whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy: “GIMME IT, IT’S MINE!” As Carlin said, Boomers
David Thunder David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer of political philosophy at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. mercatornet.com Last Wednesday, Thierry Breton, EU’s Internal Market Commissioner, proudly announced on Twitter/X that he had struck a deal with MEPs to create a European “digital identity
Logan Chipkin Logan Chipkin is the Managing Editor at Brownstone. He writes about economics, science, history, and freedom and is the author of the fantasy novel, Windfall. brownstone.org At Brownstone’s third annual conference and gala, aptly called ‘Rebuild Freedom’, hundreds of scholars, writers, researchers, fellows, and supporters came
familyfirst.org.nz Big Government is Back, according to a recent article in the Financial Times. The FT says “most Western countries are spending heavily on welfare and the ‘green transition’, and with debt levels already sky high, then taxes are certain to rise significantly.” This is bad news for
Apisalome Movono Regina Scheyvens Sophie Auckram Massey University The three party leaders currently negotiating to form New Zealand’s next government might have their differences, but they seem to agree on one thing: the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme needs to expand. New Zealand, like Australia, faces critical labour shortages
Timothy Welch University of Auckland theconversation.com With National, ACT and NZ First locked in coalition negotiations, various urgent and climate-related transport challenges hang in the balance. Based on pre-election rhetoric, the Clean Car Discount (CCD) scheme may soon be gone. While popular with the public, National has
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com Over the last couple of months, there have been lots of media reports which have had the effect of encouraging people to jump back into the housing market.
In due course, we will have a new government formed and it’s been signalled there will be a ‘mini-budget’ that will involve cuts to government expenditure. All well and good: an important inflation-fighting measure desperately required, and I think I speak for the man in the street
As part of the party’s controversial tax plan, National proposed reversing the foreign buyers’ ban on ‘luxury’ houses worth over $2 million to help pay for tax relief. There would be a 15 per cent tax for overseas buyers who purchase a property over that price limit. But National’
