The Government can be accused of many things. One these is being a bad faith operator by deliberately putting legislation out for submissions at a time when they know most businesses, organizations and individuals likely to be affected are on holiday. Right now there are 19 Bills of Parliament open for public submissions after the … Continue reading A bad faith Government logjam of legislation
A grim, grinchy economic Christmas for New Zealand
Nicola Willis presents the Half Yearly Economic Fiscal Update (Mark Mitchell) With one week until Christmas, and one working day of the Parliamentary year left, the season to be jolly will be feeling empty for a lot of New Zealanders. Since the National-led Coalition came to office, over 7,000 public service jobs have been lost … Continue reading A grim, grinchy economic Christmas for New Zealand
The second coming of Ruthenasia? Nicola Willis and the 2024 Fiscal Budget
Is this upcoming N.Z. Fiscal Budget on Thursday the second coming of Ruthenasia?
Mass redundancies at Ministry of Statistics helps nobody
On Thursday I saw a truly shocking headline. All staff at the Ministry of Statistics are to be offered redundancy. 1,000 people have just been offered a mass redundancy across offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch as well as in the field. Why is it shocking? This is just the latest slash and burn attack … Continue reading Mass redundancies at Ministry of Statistics helps nobody