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Brooke van Velden ACT Housing spokesperson Labour’s interest deductibility change has been revealed as an $800 million tax grab on landlords. In Budget documents released today, Treasury told the Finance Minister, ‘…had the interest deducibility denial been fully implemented in 2018/19, and current interest rates prevailed, it may
A change in the law which would see the law changed so that Kiwis can have their unfunded chemotherapy drugs administered in DHBs with the cost covered is a sensible move and should be supported by all of Parliament, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Currently unfunded cancer
While the number of broken promises that the Government has made to New Zealanders adds up, so too does the amount it is spending on communications staff, National’s Public Service spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. Under Labour, the wage bill for communications staff in the public sector has increased by
The Advocate IINZ Newsletter David Cumin The Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in Jewish communities in the West Bank has caused ripples – and may be a breach of US laws that prohibit discriminatory boycotts. It is noteworthy that many other democratic countries have also recognised
Death from starvation and Covid or death from revolution? That is the stark choice facing many Burmese citizens. The sense of despair is getting so strong, especially in the non-metropolitan regions, amongst the young that they are declaring that it is better to die in action against the Junta
Damien Smith ACT MP A Bill in my name drawn from the Ballot today will reduce barriers to investment from other like-minded countries improving the quality of life enjoyed by all New Zealanders. The Overseas Investment (Except Investment from OECD Countries) Amendment Bill is a significant step forward in
Charlotte Bedford devpolicy.org Charlotte Bedford is a Research Fellow with the Development Policy Centre and is based in New Zealand. At the start of July 2021, over 350 stakeholders in New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme gathered in Nelson for the 14th annual industry-led RSE conference
Chris Baillie ACT Education spokesperson ACT supports school boards to decide how to their run own schools without interference. If MacLeans College, or any other school decides that a student telling a teacher to f-off after refusing initial instructions does not reach their standards and they want to suspend
The proposed removal of specialised commerce subjects at NCEA Level 1 is going to leave Kiwis without strong financial and economic literacy, National MPs Todd McClay and Paul Goldsmith say. Today Mr McClay will accept a petition urging the Government to reverse its decision to remove the specialised economics, business
John MacDonald of NewstalkZB asked me this morning what I meant when I talked about Hon Poto Williams and “bottling.” That somewhat heated exchange is in this clip – but the entire interview is worth listening to, I think. Judith Collins Please share so others can discover The BFD.
Remember when forced vaccination was a “right-wing conspiracy theory”? Yet France is enacting laws to jail anyone who tries to do practically anything except cower in their homes without a passe sanitaire. Anyone who refuses to turn state snitch likewise faces jail. Britain is heading rapidly down the same
Labour’s grand plan to have a commuter line between Hamilton to Auckland is racking up huge costs at the taxpayer’s expense, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Latest figures on the use of the train show passengers dropping to an average of 30 people per trip. With
Dr Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Many commentators are drawing parallels between the state of the supermarkets and how the Telecom monopoly was broken up in the mid-2000s. For
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government has questions to answer about why billionaire Google co-founder Larry Page was allowed into New Zealand when desperate Kiwis and separated families can’t get through the border. Larry Page was allowed into New Zealand but the Government won’t give any details
