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'Anticipate intensive lobbying from the large banks'

12 Mar 19, 5:00am

Government warned of big bank backlash in wake of surprise Reserve Bank capital proposals going above international norm
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National’s leader has the wind in his sails

11 Mar 19, 9:42am

Chris Trotter

67 comments

Chris Trotter says the Government's handling of the Tax Working Group has highlighted Grant Robertson's reliance on his mentor Michael Cullen
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Cullen on a mission to defend the TWG report as his contract is extended

6 Mar 19, 5:03pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

49 comments

Tax Working Group Chair kept on the job for 4 months longer than initially planned; Michael Cullen says he's there to bat for the integrity of the report not the Government
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Ardern swoops in over Little on MMP threshold debate

5 Mar 19, 12:30pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Ardern assures any MMP threshold changes wouldn't take effect in 2020 election, despite Little hours earlier saying they could; Bridges says changes would need cross-party support
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What will a wellbeing budget mean for New Zealanders?

3 Mar 19, 6:02am

Stephen Forbes

64 comments

Grant Robertson's wellbeing budget, will it be a new way to measure our success as a country or just a public relations exercise? Or is it just a twist on the National Party’s social investment approach?
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Robertson coy about thoughts on Capital Gains Tax

26 Feb 19, 1:41pm

Stephen Forbes

22 comments

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says government to go through Tax Working Group recommendations to see what will add to fairness & what's possible to gain consensus on in a coalition
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Driven into the arms of the state

26 Feb 19, 11:43am

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves says the lasting legacy of the Government's new 'Healthy Homes' initiative will likely be increasing numbers of people dependent on the state for a roof over their heads
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Complexity of politics at risk of overshadowing complexity of tax reform

26 Feb 19, 10:08am

Jenée Tibshraeny

34 comments

Where would a watered-down, politically palatable version of the Tax Working Group's recommendations leave us? Jenée Tibshraeny struggles to find the modelling
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'Fewer rental properties and higher rents'

26 Feb 19, 7:53am

David Hargreaves

98 comments

Housing and Urban Development Ministry officials concede that the Govt's new 'Healthy Homes' initiative will drive up rents, see rental stock taken off the market and may increase demand for public and emergency housing
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Cullen’s CGT: Not to be taken seriously

25 Feb 19, 7:59am

Chris Trotter

163 comments

Chris Trotter says the Capital Gains Tax recommended by Cullen’s team is of such breadth and bite it can't have been intended seriously
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Revenue Minister: 'We will not throw the baby out with the bathwater'

21 Feb 19, 1:48pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

36 comments

Government taking 'measured' approach as coalition partners seek consensus on Tax Working Group's findings; Winston Peters sticks to the script
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Bridges and Collins neck-and-neck in latest poll

18 Feb 19, 6:43pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

24 comments

Labour overtakes National, NZ First become irrelevant and Bridges falls to Collins' level in latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll
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Govt tensions on Capital Gains Tax show

14 Feb 19, 8:47am

Peter Dunne

21 comments

Peter Dunne says Greens co-leader James Shaw's CGT comments are far less a statement on his party's position and more an attempt to flush out where NZ First stands
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Nats use Budget 2019 date announcement to make political statement

13 Feb 19, 10:20am

Jenée Tibshraeny

14 comments

Grant Robertson announces Budget 2019 will be delivered on May 30; Politicking sees collapse of public meeting where Budget priorities would've been discussed
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Govt unperturbed by bank lobby warning of potential credit crunch

12 Feb 19, 5:22pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

36 comments

Proposed requirements for banks to hold more capital won't cause KiwiBuild catastrophe or economic slowdown, according to Twyford and Robertson
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On again off again East-West Link still under review

12 Feb 19, 11:03am

Stephen Forbes

25 comments

New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) re-evaluating Auckland’s much maligned East-West Link (EWL) motorway project
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National drops to record low in political poll

11 Feb 19, 6:26pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

99 comments

National nose-dives in new poll to the point Labour and Greens wouldn't need NZ First to form a government; Collins receives more support than Bridges
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Govt to overhaul vocational training sector

8 Feb 19, 8:38am

Jenée Tibshraeny

83 comments

Ardern warns of slowing global growth, talks up trade, and announces vocational training sector reform to help plug skills shortages in first major economic speech of 2019
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Recommendations from the Govt's Fair Pay Agreement Working Group

31 Jan 19, 10:08am

admin

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Jim Bolger chaired group details a proposed fair pay agreements system in report to Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway
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