COVID’s half-billion-dollar hit to council finances
Source: Auckland Council
New financial analysis reveals that Auckland could have a shortfall of more than half a billion dollars in revenue over the next...
Emergency Committee decision digest – 21 May
Source: Auckland Council
Auckland Council’s Emergency Committee agreed today to publicly consult on a proposed Covid-19 rates postponement scheme as part of wider consultation on...
PM must rule out four-day work week law
Source: Taxpayers Union
21 MAY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to the Prime Minister’s supportive comments about a four-day work week, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says:“This is a dopey...
Farming Export Sector – Fonterra provides performance and milk price updates
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Fonterra
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today announced its third-quarter business update, narrowed the range for its 2019/2020 forecast Farmgate Milk Price, and...
Revealed: Covid-19 funding for GPs is race based
Source: Taxpayers Union
20 MAY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that COVID-19 support funding for general practice clinics was allocated significantly on the basis of...
Taxpayers’ Union reacts to Winston’s “I know who did it” claim
Source: Taxpayers Union
19 MAY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe following can be attributed to Jordan Williams of the Taxpayers’ Union:“For a man who loves horses, he sure...
Govt increases assistance to drought-stricken Hawke’s Bay farmers
Source: New Zealand Government
The Government will provide $500,000 to the Hawke’s Bay Mayoral Drought Relief Fund to help farmers facing one of the worst...
Additional public holidays would be an absurd tax on the economy
Source: Taxpayers Union
19 MAY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAdditional statutory holidays would serve as a regulatory tax on business, suppressing economic recovery, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union.Union spokesman...
Tourism talkfests waste time and money
Source: Taxpayers Union
19 MAY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETourism talkfests announced in Budget 2020 are wasteful and potentially harmful to taxpayers, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. Union...
Temporary pay cut law is toothless
Source: Taxpayers Union
15 MAY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEA law passed under urgency to allow the Remuneration Authority to cut local and central politicians’ pay is toothless,...
Government to close tobacco tax loophole
Source: New Zealand Government
The Government will close a loophole that allowed some people to import cigarettes and loose leaf tobacco for manufacturing cigarettes and...
Plenty for special interest groups in bumper Budget
Source: Taxpayers Union
15 MAY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is concerned that parts of the 2020 Budget suggest this years’ understandably rushed process may have been captured...
