Five Taxes We Should Abolish Now
Australia needs a leaner, fairer tax system that doesn’t penalise success, ambition or everyday life.
Economy
Central Otago Gold Mine Gets Green Light
New Zealand is poised to capitalise on renewed international demand for gold and minerals, with the government granting a major mining permit for one of the country’s most significant gold discoveries in decades.
Cop 30: Get US Out of This Air Travel UN Offset Scheme
The UN Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation is a costly, wasteful, ineffective climate scheme only a UN bureaucrat or climate profiteer could love.
Steady Work to Fix This Mess
We’re halfway out of the ditch Labour dug. Keep the faith. Back the coalition. One people, one flag and one bloody awesome country.
Bringing the Benefits of Hamilton Island to the Far North
Simeon Brown and Chris Bishop have done some good work with proposed roading improvements to the Far North. A much more significant improvement would be to make the Kerikeri Airport fully international. In 10 years Northland could go from the poorest to the wealthiest NZ province.
The Public Service That Serves Itself
The choice is clear: shrink government, or government will consume everything.
The Crisis No One Is Talking About
Our birth rate is in free fall, our population is ageing fast, and immigration is the only thing keeping the lights on.
Labour’s Smart Alecky New Tax
What is the purpose of a tax like Labour’s CGT if the declared purpose for it is a non-starter? The answer has to be that Labour has other much more sinister intentions.
Electricity Prices Are the New Inflation Flashpoint
As AI data centers, clean-energy mandates, and regulations collide, the power grid is becoming a battlefield.
Can Councils be Capped?
The status quo is unsustainable. Councils have to decide what’s genuinely for the public good – and what’s just self-interest wrapped in bureaucracy.
UBI: Make Slavery Great Again
Slavery, for many, will seem easier than struggling, and far safer. Once dependent, the luxury of struggling may be gone. We need a real conversation before we turn irretrievably down that road. For most, that will probably not happen.
Chalmer’s Chickens Coming Home to Roost
The PM clearly doesn’t have his treasurer’s back – and Chalmers would be well advised to keep his to the wall for a while.
I See – Promises, Promises
Labour's Future Fund recalls KiwiBuild, but with even less detail.
Labour Offers Kiwis About $4.27 a Week in Exchange for CGT
Tax-to-spend is not what New Zealand needs.