If elected, Bridges said National would look to give police new powers that would allow them to charge people who withhold information about child abuse. The new offence would carry a maximum jail sentence of three years. On Friday, National’s spokeswoman on children Louise Upston re-announced the party's plan to punish those who remain silent.
23 days until we vote on cannabis. You’ll know if you’re a regular listener to this show that I’m of the vote no brigade. No, I’m not on a moral crusade, although I don’t think there’s anything wrong with moral crusades. I’m in the no camp because of all the mental health professionals I’ve spoken
The following is an op-ed from Taxpayers' Union Campaigns Manager Louis Houlbrooke. Phil Twyford says he will build light rail in Auckland if Labour wins the next election. Of course, he promised exactly the same thing at the last election and, after spending two and a half years in discussions and $5 million of taxpayers’
Newstalk ZB / NZ Herald, A fracture has been driven into the Greens-Labour Party relationship after the Greens demanded a wealth tax be part of any future Coalition government agreement. The Greens election policies include a plan to make Kiwis with a net-worth greater than $1 million, pay 1 per cent of their wealth to
Did Judith Collins do enough in the Leader debate? Although the political commentators gave the debate to Judith Collins, and Peter Goodfellow sent an email saying Judith crushed it, DeepThink didn't see enough in Judith's performance to suggest a significant shifting of the polls. Although Judith did bring up the failed child poverty promises Jacinda
DeepThink's view on government's role for rebuilding a better NZ is being put into practise by the National Party Analysis of NZ to establish which sectors have the highest potential for returns (which I’m guessing won’t include rail and skypath). Sir Peter Gluckman has made a start for free, what is the Prime Minister’s Chief
“New Zealanders will be asking whether Jacinda Ardern is part of the team of five million after she clearly flouted the rules she has asked us to live by,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Ardern was photographed on Thursday taking a selfie with at least a dozen people in close proximity to her. “Hospitality businesses
Newshub. Fonterra has posted a profit of $659 million as restructuring, improved sales and margins helped it recover from the previous year's massive loss. The profit to the end of July compared with a $605m loss the year before, as the co-operative wrote down the value of assets and took other hits worth $805m. Excluding
Newstalk ZB, Judith Collins promises 'massive' temporary tax cuts in National's economic plan A Vision, a plan, and targets! National's understanding of the importance of planning in NZ's economic recovery and the stewardship of the country is reason enough to replace the Labour Government. Whilst there are understandable misgivings about Judith Collins, her ability to
Newshub Tova O'Brien New Zealand is officially in a recession - the harshest, sharpest, and deepest on record - but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's focused on bouncing back. "It's actually about the rebound and I back New Zealand's rebound. I think we're already seeing that we were able to open up a lot
From Newshub The National Party fears another brain-drain of Kiwis as the New Zealand economy is estimated to have shrunk by 16 percent in the June quarter compared with 7 percent in Australia from the first lockdown. The Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU), the first official financial update from the Government since the Budget
Mike's Minute: No Prime Minister, the economy is not back to level 1 You can feel the incredulity meter ramping up. Good on all those who spoke out yesterday calling out the Prime Minister over her claim on Monday that the economy was back to level 1. Quite apart from the fact it isn't, the