Archive for July, 2009

Go If You Have To, Mr Key

In: Press Releases

29 Jul 2009

ACT New Zealand Welfare Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today accused Prime Minister John Key of emotionally blackmailing his colleagues to ignore much-needed superannuation reform by threatening to resign should any changes be made to superannuation eligibility.

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Upping the Standard

In: Press Releases

24 Jul 2009

Labour Party blog The Standard has been posting some graphs about the growth in the GDP per capita gap between Australia and New Zealand, suggesting that the gap has widened as a result of the reforms between 1984 – 1993.
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My Door’s Always Open, John Key

In: Press Releases

24 Jul 2009

ACT New Zealand Welfare Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today called for a genuine rethink of how we deliver welfare services in New Zealand in light of startling figures showing that – since the introduction of Working for Families in 2004 – the ratio of workers to beneficiaries has steadily dropped to a point where it [...]

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ETS the Wrong Approach

In: Press Releases

22 Jul 2009

ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today urged the Government and the Emissions Trading Scheme Select Committee to carefully scrutinise the report released last week by the Centre of Independent Studies.

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  • heidib: Interesting to see Rogernomics discussed in England. [...]
  • Borzoi: It would be a helpful if Sir Roger would list a few of the countries which have done so well with th [...]
  • Michael Davison: Well said again Roger [...]
  • James: "Unemployment is not the legacy of Roger Douglas, it is the legacy of t he Unions." Nice line He [...]
  • Steve Evans: A good speech but it is painful to see political parties described in the plural - "National have", [...]

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