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NEW POLL: Voters torn in Auckland Central electorate
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 8:24 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new Taxpayers’ Union – Curia poll in the Auckland Central Electorate has voters undecided between Greens incumbent Chlöe Swarbrick (polling at 26% of voters) and National candidate Mahesh Muralidhar (polling at 24%) - a statistical tie when accounting ... More >>
Handing Climate Policy To Appointed Bureaucrats Is Undemocratic And Ineffective
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 12:01 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to Labour’s promise to hand control over carbon pricing under the Emissions Trading Scheme to the Climate Change Commission, Taxpayers’ Union Deputy Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, said: “Handing control of carbon pricing away to faceless ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Welcomes National’s Sanction Regime On The Job-Seeker Benefit
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 11:51 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union welcomes National’s sanction regime on the Job-Seeker Benefit Responding to National’s proposed changes to the Job-Seeker benefit scheme, Taxpayers’ Union National Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves, said: “The current job-seeker ... More >>
Labour’s Climate Announcement Is Economically And Scientifically Illiterate
Monday, 25 September 2023, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the release of Labour’s Climate Manifesto, Taxpayers’ Union Deputy Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, said: "Yet again, we are seeing a swathe of policies that fail to recognise the genius and effectiveness of our existing Emissions ... More >>
Blanket Speed Reductions Increase Prices And Stifle Wages
Sunday, 24 September 2023, 7:43 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to National’s plans to reverse Labour’s blanket speed reductions, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “The real cost of reducing speed limits is far more than just changing some signs, and it is not a policy which ... More >>
Spoilt Policy: Why We Must Keep GST Simple And Free Of Food Carve-outs
Friday, 22 September 2023, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new report published by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union analysing the impacts of taking GST off fresh fruit and vegetables concludes that the policy would be expensive, complicated, poorly targeted and would see most of the benefits going to supermarkets ... More >>
It Shouldn’t Take An Election To Get Government To Cut Waste
Friday, 22 September 2023, 11:41 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to news that the Ministry for the Environment intends to cut back hundreds of jobs, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “Since 2017, Government spending has increased by nearly 70%. Expenditure at the Ministry for the Environment ... More >>
NEW POLL: Kiwis Prefer Luxon/Willis Over Hipkins/Robertson To Tackle Cost Of Living Crisis
Friday, 22 September 2023, 10:50 am | Taxpayers' Union
A new Taxpayers' Union – Curia poll found that New Zealanders preferred Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis (46% of respondents) to Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson (37%) as the most trusted team to deal with the cost of living crisis. 17% of respondents ... More >>
Taxpayers' Union Welcomes ACTs Revised Alternative Budget
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 3:47 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on the updates to ACT’s alternative budget, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “The only true tax cut is a spending cut, and we welcome ACT’s commitment to tackling the damage caused by 6 years of Labour’s dangerous ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Welcomes National’s Plan To Revive The International Education Sector
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to National’s four step plan to boost international enrolments across Tertiary Education Institutions, Taxpayers' Union Deputy Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy said: “At a time when universities all over the country are reporting crushing ... More >>
New Zealand Needs To Boost Productivity
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 11:17 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the latest update to New Zealand’s GDP figures, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “As New Zealand struggles under the cost-of-living crisis, the Government must focus on increasing productivity in order to grow the ... More >>
Wayne Brown Right To Call For Devolution Of Powers
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 7:11 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Responding to Mayor Brown’s Auckland Manifesto, Taxpayers’ Union Policy Adviser, James Ross, said: “Wayne Brown is on the right track calling for devolution of powers from central government to local communities, but we need to go further. New ... More >>
IRD And Treasury Advice Suggests Supermarkets Main Beneficiaries From Labour’s GST Policy
Monday, 18 September 2023, 2:30 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that as part of the Tax Working Group appointed by Grant Robertson, and chaired by the late Michael Cullen, Treasury and IRD conducted analysis on what percentage of exempting GST from certain goods would actually be ... More >>
Tax Cuts Are The Moral Thing To Do
Friday, 15 September 2023, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union totally rejects Prime Minister Chris Hipkin’s claims that tax relief is unaffordable due to the so-called “cuts” he claims would impact delivery of public services. Responding to the Labour Party leaders comments Jordan ... More >>
Government Debt Soars Past $160 Billion – The Time To Slash Spending Has Come
Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on all parties to commit to drastically slashing Government spending following today’s Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) showing Government debt soaring past $160 billion*. By 2027, Net Core Crown Debt ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Welcomes Policy To Bring Back Health Targets
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 9:47 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Reacting to the National Party’s announcement that they intend to bring back health targets, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves said: “National’s policy announcement is a sensible one that should really be expected from political ... More >>
National/ACT Could Form Government Comfortably - Thanks Largely To NZ First Slipping Below The 5 Percent Threshold
Friday, 8 September 2023, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
National increases 0.1 points on last month to 35.0% while Labour drops 0.6 points to 26.5%. ACT is up 1.3 points to 14.3% while the Greens are up 0.7 points to 12.7%. The smaller parties are NZ First on 3.9% (-1.9 points), the Maori Party ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Raises Serious Concerns Over Ministry For The Environment ‘dodgy Deals’
Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 6:18 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union are seriously concerned to hear that Federated Farmers and other industry groups have been approached by the Ministry for the Environment and offered hundreds of thousands of dollars to help rush through plans under the new ... More >>
Labour's 'free' Dental Care Fails To Address The Root Of The Problem – Higher Taxes
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 8:22 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on Labour’s universal dental care announcement, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Callum Purves said: “Labour has come up with another populist policy that like its GST debacle sounds good at first, but the cracks begin to show ... More >>
Milking Taxpayers: Taxpayers' Union Reveals Ministry Of Primary Industries Fieldays Expenditure
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 3:10 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers' Union can reveal the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) spent over $125,000 for its stall at the recent Hamilton Fieldays. "MPI's extravagant display at the event showcases financial imprudence. On top of $20,350.72 for their ... More >>
