Roger Douglas MP.

ACT New Zealand Economic Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today expressed concern that Maori organisations were focusing on the trivial factors of Maori development and ignoring what would make a real difference.

The 2025 Taskforce report made a raft of recommendations to improve our economy and hopefully catch Australia by 2025. As we now know, Prime Minister John Key and his Finance Minister Bill English dismissed the report as soon as it was released, claiming it was ‘too radical’.

ACT New Zealand Economic Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today welcomed economist Gareth Morgan’s support of the idea of a comprehensive Capital Tax on all land, buildings, plant and equipment – as outlined in Sir Roger’s discussion paper ‘Catching Australia By 2025: An Alternative Approach’.

ACT New Zealand Economic Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas today accused Prime Minister John Key of condemning our children to mediocrity with his casual dismissal of the entire 2025 Taskforce Report.

The first report from the 2025 Taskforce grapples with the complex issues surrounding New Zealand’s economic decline, and goes some way to proposing ideas that may help solve them, ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today.

Prime Minister John Key’s willingness to dismiss the 2025 Taskforce’s report out-of-hand demonstrates a remarkable disregard for what is needed to catch Australia by 2025, Sir Roger Douglas said today.