PM backs rates freeze, goes further calling on councils to ‘lessen burden’
Source: Taxpayers Union
PM backs rates freeze, goes further calling councils to ‘lessen burden’28 APRIL 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming the Prime Minister’s comments in Question Time (09:18)...
Changes to use of money interest rates
Source: Inland Revenue Department –
The use of money interest rates are reviewed regularly to ensure they are in line with market interest rates. The...
Parliament Oral Questions – Oral Questions – 17 March 2020000189
Source: New Zealand Parliament – Oral Questions and Answers
JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: How is the Government working with other countries...
Labour-hire works are falling between the cracks during pandemic response
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: First Union
Labour-hire workers are falling between the cracks because neither the agencies they are employed by nor the host companies they work...
Guidance on recent COVID-19 tax legislation is now available
Source: New Zealand Inland Revenue Department – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: Guidance on recent COVID-19 tax legislation is now available
Guidance on recent COVID-19-related legislation is now...
Vaping Bill deserves to fail at second reading
Source: Taxpayers Union
Vaping Bill deserves to fail at second reading1 JULY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill, due for its second...
Cash-cow waste levy is terrible for rivers
Source: Taxpayers Union
500% increase in waste levy will see more cash for councils and more waste in rivers15 JULY 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWith the Prime Minister’s...
Employment – New protections for migrant workers a step in the right direction
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: First Union
Migrant workers and representatives from Migrante Aotearoa, FIRST Union and UNEMIG (Union Network for Migrants) have welcomed the outcome of the...
RBNZ’s desperate money printing reveals need for fiscal stimulus
Source: Taxpayers Union
12 AUGUST 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s decision to expand its Large Scale Asset Purchase programme from $60 billion...
Yet another corporate welfare fund? No thanks
Source: Taxpayers Union
26 AUGUST 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEResponding to a report that Government officials are planning to make “sector or asset specific” investments via NZ...
Apology and retraction from the Taxpayers’ Union re New Plymouth District Council
Source: Taxpayers Union
7 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe Taxpayers’ Union retracts and apologises for earlier criticism of the New Plymouth District Council for being a...
“Decade of deficits” are a national crisis
Source: Taxpayers Union
“Decade of deficits” are a national crisis 16 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWith deficits projected out to 2033/34, there needs to be urgent action from all political...
