Government warned new anti-terror law may lead to disproportional surveillance
16 Apr, 2021 03:07 AM
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Justice Minister Kris Faafoi unveils a new bill that the Government has introduced to strengthen how it can respond to threats of terrorism.
Justice Minister Kris Faafoi unveils a new bill that the Government has introduced to strengthen how it can respond to threats of terrorism.
Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92
Officials warned Justice Minister Kris Faafoi that changes to New Zealand s counter-terrorism legislation could lead to surveillance measures that disproportionally target particular groups .
Troy Bowker: Labour tax changes - Broken promises and a socialist agenda
1 Apr, 2021 05:30 PM
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Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Photo / Mark Mitchell
NZ Herald
OPINION:
Finance Minister Grant Robertson emphatically ruled out changes to the bright-line test during the election campaign and in anyone s book the tax changes announced last month constitute a major broken promise. These changes have been rushed out for political expediency despite IRD strongly advising against them. Buried on page 53 in fine print of the Regulatory Impact Statement published on the IRD website it says Inland Revenue recommended against both extending the bright-line test and denying interest deductibility .
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“The inevitable result of this is an increasing number of unintended consequences which will have negative implications for financial advice practices and flow on effects in terms of extra cost and complexity for clients. These issues will need to be fixed down the track.”
While the AFA was “pleased” the Government had made significant improvements to the final
Hayne Royal Commission Response No. 2 Bill, it said it was disappointment it had failed to take onboard its feedback.
The Government would need to work out how to fix the important issue with timing differences with fee disclosure statements (FDSs), that had led to ASIC recommending that advisers manually check product systems to confirm that FDSs were correct. The failure to address this as part of this reform, when the Government was simultaneously talking about red tape reduction, was disappointing.
Government officials turned their noses up at a potential policy to subsidise Kiwis dinners out
21 Feb, 2021 11:00 PM
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Treasury officials considered, but rejected a plan to subsidise Kiwis meals out in a bid to stimulate the economy.
Treasury officials considered, but rejected a plan to subsidise Kiwis meals out in a bid to stimulate the economy.
Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92
Top financial officials explored a scheme which would have seen the Government paying for part of people s meals if they went out to eat.
But the Treasury ultimately decided against the idea as incentivising people to go out to eat would run counter to the public health goals at higher alert levels.