My point more broadly is that it cannot be assumed that inflation will be higher or lower than wage movements. I had a recent discussion with Weka about this, I posted links and the following comments: https://thestandard.org.nz/mps-pay-increases/#comment-...
"...then this government's policy to lessen any benefit increases by returning to indexing to the CPI rather than inflation," How do you know this will lessen benefit increases? "Over 2021, 2022 and 2023, inflation averaged 5.6%, wage movement 3.67%. In ...
@ Drowsy đ. I actually needed that giggle. Had a tough day. Enjoy your evening.
@Drowsy the denial I referred to was your representation of NZâs problems as somehow aligned to everyone elseâs. We have our own economic problems that are of own making. High domestic inflation, high interest rates, plummeting productivity are just three ...
@Drowsy Weâre in a transition that should not have been necessary. But there it is. If you have other ideas for lowering inflation and interest rates, and reducing government expenditure and debt, then I all ears.
@Drowsy You seem to have an unhealthy preoccupation with landlords. This is about restoring some semblance of sensibility to government spending, reducing interest rates and inflation. These are things that will return the NZ economy to its 'former self'.
Matt Doocey is not the Minister of Transport, he is the Associate Minister. His comment in the house was nothing more than the sort of throwaway that is dished out every day. In the Hansard of the lead up to Genter losing her cool there were a series of ...
@ Drowsy So you're now not denying there's a problem, but you don't like the current remedy?
"What I know is NZ isn't alone in facing the challenges of unemployment, inflation and structural deficits. " Sure, but let's take inflation. Tradable inflation has been dropping since mid 2022, but our non-tradable inflation is around 5.8%. This is a ...
@Dennis Frank @ Shanreagh Good comments, both. I'm not a Green Party supporter, nor am I from the left of politics. However I have previously held them in high regard as principled and open. But they have morphed into a form of self-righteousness that IMHO...
I don't particularly have a view on the Nat v Lab issue re the economy. What I do know is that NZ faces some significant economic challenges, some of our own making, some not. One of those is inflation. Another is structural deficits. The current ...
... body politicians. I want to travel a pathway to less congestion...
The 'traffic planning bureaucrats' work in the context of political support. Reading some of the comments on TS in recent days from Wellingtonians, and media reports, it sounds as though there are serious problems with the way changes are being rolled out....
That's not a one off either. I doubt the Auditor General has anywhere near the resources to call out all of the 'sloppy' spending practices that have evolved in NZ in recent years. Auditor-General John Ryan today published a letter to Inland Revenue ...
"Otoh, grievance-based actions can evolve rapidly in social media-driven times." Sure, but smashing windows and burning down buildings is a bit OTT don't you agree? "I have concerns that not all Kiwis, well-to-do and otherwise, will be able to fully ...
How many windows were smashed because of unemployment over the past 40 years?
In May 2023, Treasury forecast unemployment to increase to 5.3% by the end of 2024, and predicted that "150,000 people could lose their jobs in the next year". Treasury forecasts 150,000 New Zealanders to lose jobs by end of next year | Newshub We've had ...
And no business should feel that local government has to tailor driving and parking to facilitate their specific business practices. Iâm not sure anyone does. But Wellington, like Auckland, is doing a terrible job at taking people along with the changes ...
Have you seen the Hansard? Dooceyâs throw away line was part of the banter of the session. It is commonplace in parliament. Reacting as Genter did is not acceptable, or Parliament will turn into a circus.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/julie-anne-genter-confrontation-florist-laura-newcombe-says-being-filmed-by-mp-was-humiliating/EZMBCKZZURCPXJIRIHNWMAEFLA/ This article provides some wider context to the confrontation with the florist.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/05/julie-anne-genter-outburst-fresh-allegation-of-intimidation-surfaces-against-green-mp.html Last week, Genter stopped by and Newcombe said the pair got into a heated exchange about Genter's advocacy for the ...
Youâve taken Cinderâs comment on face value, but ignored the balance provided by others. And if someone stands over you waving papers in an obviously aggressive manner, as acknowledged by her own Gp colleagues. then yes you are the victim.
I understand your point, you may well be right. But the GP leadership have to deal with what they know as it unfolds. If they played âblame the victimâ it would bounce back on them.
To the comment made by Matt Doocey: In the course of the session, a number of MP's made interjections ('throw away comments') including Labour's Tangi Utikere. The comment Doocey made was not even directed at Julie Anne Genter, it was directed at Rachel ...
"Agree that the Greens leadership have mishandled this," No they haven't. Julie Anne Genter's behaviour has been criticised from across the political divide (Fresh allegations of intimidation emerge against Green MP Julie Anne Genter, Wellington florist ...
Yep. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/a-response-to-helen-clarks-criticism-of-new-zealand-foreign-policy-dr-reuben-steff/VHK4DSIOXBG6RMOEADP5PFPCEQ/
Hipkins should have sat this one out. It's not MFAT or the defence establishment he's fighting, it's that Peter's claims are not new. How Bob Carr became China's pawn (archive.is)
I've heard from others that Doocey was involved with Tavistock, but I haven't been able to find anything to confirm it. Do you have a link to confirm?
To be clear, she didn't apologise immediately. There were 'a couple of speakers' before the Speaker was recalled. Then... "Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee was eventually recalled to deal with the outburst. "I just said it is totally inappropriate," ...
@ Nic Thanks. We see things differently on some of this, but I always enjoy our conversations.
@Nic "The RBNZ is the only institution capable of issuing $NZ (on behalf of the treasury). As the only source for this money is the government and it doesn't need resources to issue them (as the RBNZ does when banks borrow, at the OCR) the government can't...
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