There we have it! Max Bradford is back, and he looks a bit like Gerry Brownlee. Max Bradford would be very, very proud of the National Government today. It has picked up his failed tertiary education reforms, dusted them off, and passed them through the Committee stage of Parliament this afternoon. Now it has picked up his failed reforms to the electricity industry and it is to give them another whirl, as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for December, 2009
Lower power bills not a priority for National
On December - 10 - 2009
Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee’s plan to introduce more competition in the electricity sector does nothing to reduce power bills for New Zealanders struggling to make ends meet, Labour’s Associate Energy spokesperson Chris Hipkins said today. Read the rest of this entry »
National must cut Kiwi power bills
On December - 9 - 2009
New Zealanders currently feeling the squeeze when paying the bills will not get any help from the Government’s electricity market review, Labour’s Energy spokespeople Charles Chauvel and Chris Hipkins said today. Read the rest of this entry »
National’s year of missed opportunities
On December - 1 - 2009
A year has now passed since the 2008 General Election. It’s a good time to reflect on the track record to date of the new National government. Have they helped or hindered economic recovery?
On the jobs front, the new National government has been conspicuous in their absence. 150,000 Kiwis are now unemployed, that’s 41,000 more than when John Key came into power. There is no doubt in my mind that National could have done much more to keep many of those hardworking Kiwis in their jobs.
All we’ve had from John Key is window dressing. His jobs summit in February is now widely considered a waste of time and recently his big idea from the summit, his cycleway, was launched without any reference to jobs.
