It seems that its large majority, won at the last election, has gone to Labour’s head. On election night, Jacinda Ardern promised to govern for all New Zealanders. After all, she was well aware that many people who normally voted National had given her government a resounding second term.
Grant Robertson must surely believe in fairies, pixies and unicorns. His ‘BludgeIt’ makes some astonishing assumptions in order to magic up results. Steven Joyce outlines just how magical the thinking in the ‘BludgeIt’ is: First, our economy is apparently going to grow faster than Australia’s in three of the
Good morning, delegates. It’s an absolute privilege to be speaking to you all here today as your leader. I’d like to acknowledge National Party President Peter Goodfellow, regional chairperson Andrew von Dadelszen, my fellow board members, my Central North Island colleagues, and all of you, the members of
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. He has lived and travelled extensively in the Middle East and is a fluent Arabic speaker. There are some new clues to be found in the Budget that illustrate
A clear example of the astonishing and dangerous economic stupidity of Grant Robertson is his concern that accommodation supplements end up in the pockets of landlords and not the pockets of the bludgers who receive them. I’m not kidding! Grant Robertson says the Government is reviewing how it helps
Grant Robertson has said that the Government has no plans for rent controls, despite the Housing Minister, Megan Woods, asking Treasury for advice on rent controls: Finance Minister Grant Robertson has this afternoon moved to end speculation his Government is gearing up to introduce a rent control policy. Although he
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 but
