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CGT makes it harder for first home buyers & renters
Tuesday, 26 February 2019, 12:09 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Capital Gains Tax will make it harder for first home buyers, driving up rents and making it more difficult to save, National’s Finance spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
Proposed education reforms a threat to Southland
Monday, 25 February 2019, 10:29 am | New Zealand National Party
Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie is concerned the formation of Education Hubs could mean the power school boards currently have over the governance of Invercargill and wider Southland school will go to Christchurch and Dunedin. More >>
National ambitious for clean NZ environment
Saturday, 23 February 2019, 10:47 am | New Zealand National Party
National ambitious for clean NZ environment New Zealanders should trust National as much with the environment as they do with the economy, and today’s launch of our first policy discussion document on the environment shows National has practical ... More >>
Clark presiding over record sea of red ink in DHBs
Friday, 22 February 2019, 11:06 am | New Zealand National Party
The Health Minister must be in panic mode this close to the Budget and with every single District Health Board in overdraft, meaning they will struggle to fund any new initiatives without cutting existing services, National’s Health spokesperson ... More >>
Massive tax grab will hammer NZ economy
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 12:04 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealand might have been expecting a capital gains tax to be announced today but the full suite of taxes proposed by the Tax Working Group would threaten the very viability of large swathes of the NZ economy, National’s Finance Spokesperson Amy ... More >>
More costs as tax monster unleashed
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 12:02 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Tax Working Group has gone much further than a Capital Gains Tax with a raft of new taxes targeting hard-working New Zealanders, National Leader Simon Bridges says. More >>
Wellbeing budget work coming apart at the seams
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 6:47 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Treasury Cost Benefit Analysis tool used to assess budget bids contains a significant error meaning wildly different monetary values appear for the same item depending on which order the user chooses to sort the data into, National’s Finance spokesperson ... More >>
Govt allows engineers to exploit CTV loophole
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 4:19 pm | New Zealand National Party
The Government is compromising public safety and letting down the families and victims of the CTV building in allowing engineers to continue for decades to exploit a legal loophole for fatal design errors, National MP Nick Smith says. “It was an injustice ... More >>
Southland to benefit from consultation–Hipkins still welcome
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 4:01 pm | New Zealand National Party
Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie is congratulating the Ministry of Education for reconsidering its programme of consultation and sending the review panel to Southland so our community can have its say. “National was informed last week that the consultation review ... More >>
Govt holds up pay equity for part-time teachers
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 10:33 am | New Zealand National Party
The Equal Pay Amendment Bill risks significantly delaying pay equity for part-time teachers, National’s Education spokesperson Nikki Kaye says. “The transitional provisions of the Bill will put at risk existing pay equity cases that are currently ... More >>
Labour removing ECE choice from families
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 9:39 am | New Zealand National Party
Early Childhood Education may become unaffordable for vulnerable families if the Government pushes ahead with changes to home-based early education providers, National’s Early Childhood Education Spokesperson Nicola Willis says. More >>
Assessment of ban - we’ll be poorer not cleaner
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 6:56 pm | New Zealand National Party
New Zealanders will end up poorer as a result of the Government’s ban on new oil and gas exploration, but they’ll have nothing to show for it in terms of slowing climate change, National’s Energy & Resources spokesperson Jonathan Young says. More >>
When gaining a friend is more important than A&E
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 2:57 pm | New Zealand National Party
When gaining a friend is deemed more important than avoiding the Emergency Room in Treasury’s model it puts in doubt the analysis that should have underpinned its well-being Budget, National’s Finance spokesperson Amy Adams says. More >>
Consultation period on trades training reforms disrespectful
Monday, 18 February 2019, 3:59 pm | New Zealand National Party
Consultation on trades training reforms shows a lack of respect to our communities, National’s Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Spokesperson Shane Reti says. “The Government has already decided what will happen at the conclusion of the short ... More >>
DHB deficits balloon as Clark fails to act
Monday, 18 February 2019, 12:58 pm | New Zealand National Party
It is disappointing that the combined deficit of New Zealand’s 20 District Health Boards looks set to balloon to about $500 million despite David Clark’s pledge when he took office that he would bring it under control, National’s Health spokesman ... More >>
High Country farmers face more uncertainty, costs
Sunday, 17 February 2019, 4:29 pm | New Zealand National Party
Details of the Government’s plan to end tenure review show some farmers will have wasted time and money on the regime and all farmers on Crown pastoral land will face higher costs, National’s Land Information spokesperson David Bennett says. More >>
Refund RUC charges on Nelson Fires Hay Convoy
Sunday, 17 February 2019, 10:58 am | New Zealand National Party
Road User Charges incurred by trucking companies and smaller operators transporting hay to farmers in Nelson should be refunded, says National’s South Island Regional Development spokesperson Andrew Falloon. More >>
Education Minister invited to Southland
Friday, 15 February 2019, 11:27 am | New Zealand National Party
Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie is calling on Education Minister Chris Hipkins to come to Southland to hear the views of the community about the proposed changes to the Southern Institute of Technology. More >>
Jones gives soft loan to hot pools, Kiwis take bath
Friday, 15 February 2019, 11:02 am | New Zealand National Party
A $7.5 million loan from Shane Jones to privately owned luxury hot pools in Methven leaves more serious questions hanging over the Provincial Growth Fund, National’s Economic and Regional Development spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
KiwiBuild starving private builders
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 4:27 pm | New Zealand National Party
Housing Minister Phil Twyford’s pet housing project KiwiBuild is not only unlikely to reach any targets set, but those houses it does deliver will be at the expense of houses that were being built by the private sector, National’s Housing spokesperson ... More >>
