National Party

Bridges: A capital gains tax a 'recipe for more people buggering off to Aust'

19 Feb 19, 6:11pm

Bridges says a capital gains tax would cause people to leave for Australia (where there is a capital gains tax); fails to answer questions about the fairness and effectiveness of the tax system
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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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Associate Finance Minister sets out case for capital gains tax

12 Feb 19, 8:29pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

75 comments

James Shaw goes in to bat for a capital gains tax during parliamentary debate; Amy Adams doesn't miss the opportunity to hit back
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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

24 comments

New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) re-evaluating Auckland’s much maligned East-West Link (EWL) motorway project
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Simon Bridges throws stones at Labour over rising rents and forgets he's standing in a glass house

12 Feb 19, 5:00am

Greg Ninness

91 comments

Opposition leader Simon Bridges' figures on rising rents are more interesting for what they don't say than what they do say
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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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National's primary challenge for the next election; making sure NZ First is out of Parliament

2 Feb 19, 9:03am

Peter Dunne

63 comments

Peter Dunne looks at the challenges for a possible 'blue-green' party and the National Party's quest to get the numbers to allow it to govern
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National says Auckland light rail project doesn't stack up

31 Jan 19, 5:00am

Stephen Forbes

78 comments

National Party transport spokesman Paul Goldsmith backs Treasury concerns about the proposed Auckland light rail project, saying it is politically driven
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Stepping into murky waters

30 Jan 19, 2:44pm

Geoff Simmons

14 comments

TOP's Geoff Simmons wonders if the new Blue/Green Party has a clue on freshwater - and whether it is simply a Trojan horse to get National back into power
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Watch out Winston, Simon's coming for your people!

27 Jan 19, 6:06am

Jenée Tibshraeny

78 comments

A battle for the conservatives: How National is using drug reform and migration to cut NZ First's lunch
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The curious incident of the dog that continued barking

30 Dec 18, 8:02am

Chris Trotter

34 comments

With Jami-Lee Ross gone, Chris Trotter wonders why National Party leaks continue against Simon Bridges. He explores what is really going on
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All I want for Christmas...

20 Dec 18, 9:33am

Peter Dunne

56 comments

Peter Dunne would like a political party he can vote for at the next election
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Govt confirms market probe into fuel retailing

3 Dec 18, 4:00pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

53 comments

The Commerce Commission will have a year to do a market study on the retail fuel market; more industry probes to follow
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No new taxes under National, says Bridges

26 Nov 18, 1:30pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

63 comments

Simon Bridges: National won't introduce new taxes in its first term if elected into government, and will reverse any laws passed introducing a potential Capital Gains Tax
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Govt's inaction on migration not a bad thing right now

25 Nov 18, 7:21am

Jenée Tibshraeny

93 comments

A look at the economic indicators that show the Government should keep avoiding introducing measures to majorly reduce migrant numbers
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It's important to keep asking the right questions

22 Nov 18, 2:12pm

Peter Dunne

6 comments

Peter Dunne says carefully crafted Parliamentary Questions are the primary weapons of an Opposition to get the answers it needs to do its day to day job of holding the Government to account
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Don’t mess with the middle class

19 Nov 18, 10:28am

Chris Trotter

205 comments

Chris Trotter says National's apparent decline in the polls may be bad news for those relying on tax-free capital gains to maintain their social status
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