Opinion Pieces

Bryan Bruce, https://www.facebook.com/www.redsky.tv, 19 September 2020 National’s economic policy of temporary tax cuts yesterday proved, if proof be needed, that they are unapologetic neoliberals. While their claim that with more money in their pockets people will spend more might so

Laura O’Connell Rapira | Contributing writer, the spinoff, 21 Sept, 2020. Let’s put tax at the core of this election. Sharing wealth is how we share care and responsibility for this land and all of the people in it, writes Laura O’Connell Rapira It’s election season in the middl

If You Want to Solve the Homeless Crisis, Listen to the Homeless by Gillian Cook of Closing the Gap   Sleeping in her van while holiday park cabins around her are vacant raised the hackles and voice of Maxine Smith. She made headlines in her hometown of Whakatane for challenging

People have taken to noting that New Zealand’s level inequality hasn’t changed much in the last 15 years. And it’s true, up to a point. But it leaves out a couple of things. First, it conveniently omits most of that period between the mid-1980s and the early 2000s, w

The Remuneration Authority is responsible for determining the salaries of senior public servants, judges, central and local government elected representatives and a swag of other individuals based on their official roles. Have a look at the legislation – it’s quite fascina

An important perspective on Working For Families by one of our supporters…….

“If you care about the long term sustainability of superannuation, you need to care about the extent to which the social contract is supporting the people whose taxes are going to pay for it when you need it.” Read more

I have just had a look through SSC’s annual chief executive remuneration tables at 30 June 2014: http://www.ssc.govt.nz/rem-senior-state-sector-staff-to-30june14 As expected and as usual, spectacular salary increases for public sector chiefs, typically of the order 5% to as much

Zero Hour Contracts Immoral The introduction of Zero Hour Contracts is the latest in a line of government edicts courtesy of neoliberal economics and the politics of selfishness to widen the gap between the rich and the poor and damage children.  Zero Hour Contracts are not only a lic