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Tax reform debate needs to look to long term
Monday, 19 November 2007, 3:29 pm | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The latest Fairfax-Nielson polling on tax reform highlights the need to look past "day one" issues and debate the best long-term tax options for the country. More >>
Business people back emissions trading
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 10:49 am | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The final result of nationwide ShapeNZ research covering views on the Government's climate change policies, announced in late September, shows 56% of business people agree with the decision to introduce emissions trading. More >>
No case for longer phase in of carbon pricing
Monday, 5 November 2007, 2:42 pm | Business Council for Sustainable Development
A report released today does not provide the evidence base for any sector to be exempted from a price on carbon. More >>
Budget Summit Calls For Long Term Plan
Friday, 2 November 2007, 11:38 am | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The Business Budget Summit in Wellington today called on the Government to produce a long term plan for personal and corporate tax reform and avoid Budget day surprises. More >>
Ministerial and business budget summit tomorrow
Wednesday, 31 October 2007, 2:15 pm | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The country’s second annual Business Budget Summit will tomorrow look for long term policy solutions to avoid a major future health cost shock, overcome the country’s critical skills shortage – and possible paths to long term personal tax reform. More >>
New Zealanders concerned at skills shortage
Tuesday, 30 October 2007, 1:13 pm | Business Council for Sustainable Development
Almost 90 percent of New Zealanders are concerned at the skills shortage and say that low pay is to blame. More >>
New Zealand is best to lead on climate change
Wednesday, 24 October 2007, 10:00 am | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The world will not sit back and allow four million people at the bottom of the world to go slow in doing their part to help control climate change by "fast following" at 1% emission reductions a year from 2020. More >>
Don't Trash NZ Brand With Climate Change Go Slow
Wednesday, 24 October 2007, 12:36 am | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The last thing New Zealand needs is to trash its 100% Pure brand by being a laggard in environmental performance. More >>
Councils Urged To Sweep Away Costly Consent Delays
Monday, 15 October 2007, 12:34 am | Business Council for Sustainable Development
Business leaders today congratulated local government politicians on their election to office and urged them to give priority to speeding up resource consents. More >>
Strategy measures will be a winner with the public
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 4:30 pm | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The Government should enjoy major public support for its bold energy and climate change measures announced today. More >>
NZers tax cut expectations relatively modest
Thursday, 11 October 2007, 1:59 pm | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The $2.6 billion cash surplus announced by the Government yesterday would meet the tax cut expectations of nearly two in every three New Zealanders. More >>
Tax reform policy options
Friday, 5 October 2007, 5:26 pm | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The Government and Opposition are both considering personal tax rate reduction policies. More >>
Tax cuts, but not at the cost of social services
Friday, 5 October 2007, 5:16 pm | Business Council for Sustainable Development
Nearly eight out of every ten New Zealanders want a personal tax cut. But more than half would oppose tax cuts if they meant reductions in spending on health, education or welfare. More >>
Seven out of ten oppose lifting cap on charges
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 12:51 am | Business Council for Sustainable Development
Nearly seven out of 10 new Zealanders oppose National's possible policy of lifting the cap on doctor's charges, a new poll shows. More >>
Poll shows public agrees with emmissions trading
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 11:40 am | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The first polling on the Government's latest climate change policies show more agree than disagree with its move to introduce emissions trading More >>
Cross party voter support for major health reforms
Friday, 28 September 2007, 9:55 am | Business Council for Sustainable Development
There is solid support among all the main political parties' voters for major reforms to the public health system, which two thirds of New Zealanders think is inefficient. More >>
Survey reveals concern about the cost of GP visits
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 11:20 am | Business Council for Sustainable Development
Almost half those asked in a recent nationwide health survey believe the cost of a visit to their general practitioner had gone up in the past five years. And more than half expect the cost of a visit to the doctor to keep increasing. More >>
Business leaders: Emission trading criticism silly
Monday, 24 September 2007, 1:10 pm | Business Council for Sustainable Development
Business organisations complaining about the potential cost of emissions trading are like people deciding to attend a heavy metal concert and then objecting to the noise. More >>
Child centre air quality case a canary in the mine
Monday, 24 September 2007, 11:18 am | Business Council for Sustainable Development
Health officials' refusal to let a Manakau child care centre open is the tip of an air quality problem facing built up areas nationwide which threatens to wreck businesses and continue to severely damage health. More >>
Govt chooses right direction on climate change
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 3:38 pm | Business Council for Sustainable Development
The Government's decision to put a price on greenhouse gas emissions and create a market which will reward those cutting pollution is the right path More >>
