Tax threshold changes reduce lifetime tax by $80k / 10 months
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Taxpayers Union – Press Release/Statement: Headline: EMBARGED: Tax threshold changes reduce lifetime tax by $80k / 10 months Tax threshold changes reduce lifetime tax by $80k /10 months EMBARGOED UNTIL 5AM, MONDAY 12 JUNE 2017 The tax threshold changes in last month’s budget will see the largest relative tax […]
Read More →Council Told To Give Aucklanders Easter Sunday Off
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Family First – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Council Told To Give Aucklanders Easter Sunday Off Media Release 11 June 2017 Family First NZ is telling Auckland Council to give Aucklanders the day off on Easter Sunday, that it will benefit families, and that tourists will cope. “We reject any liberalisation […]
Read More →Claim Of ‘Religious’ Opposition To Euthanasia Debunked
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Family First – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Claim Of ‘Religious’ Opposition To Euthanasia Debunked Media Release 10 June 2017Family First NZ says that a full analysis of submissions made to the Inquiry on assisted suicide by the Care Alliance shows 77% opposition to any change in the law, but also […]
Read More →National Party candidate’s position on supermarket bag tax needs clarifying
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Taxpayers Union – Press Release/Statement: Headline: National Party candidate’s position on supermarket bag tax needs clarifying 9 JUNE 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hastings Mayor and National Party candidate, Lawrence Yule, needs to clarify whether he supports the Green Party’s policy to implement a supermarket bag tax, after he was quoted […]
Read More →Green’s Medicinal Marijuana Bill Fails Safety Test
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Family First – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Green’s Medicinal Marijuana Bill Fails Safety Test Media Release 8 June 2017 Family First NZ says that the private members bill of Green MP Julie Anne Genter should be rejected by MPs when it comes up for its 1st Reading in Parliament, and […]
Read More →2017 Curators programme – Taiwan and Japan
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Asia New Zealand Foundation – Press Release/Statement: Headline: 2017 Curators programme – Taiwan and Japan Three New Zealand curators will be selected to visit leading art museums, galleries, and artist spaces in Taiwan and Japan over a two to three week period to build their professional networks and explore […]
Read More →Campaign Launched to Kill ACT’s Assisted Suicide Bill
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Family First – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Campaign Launched to Kill ACT’s Assisted Suicide Bill Media Release 8 June 2017 Family First NZ will immediately be launching a major campaign to oppose the ACT MP David Seymour’s Private Members Bill to legalise euthanasia. “The country is currently having an extensive […]
Read More →Making sense of the Government’s housing numbers
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Making sense of the Government’s housing numbers In a press release of June 1 2017, Social Housing Minister Amy Adams claimed her Government was “planning to increase the number of social houses from 66,000 today to 72,000 over the next […]
Read More →Artist’s report: The pleasures and dangers of tropical gardens
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Asia New Zealand Foundation – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Artist’s report: The pleasures and dangers of tropical gardens The lush tropical vegetation of Rimun Dahan artists’ residency in Kuala Lumpur provided the perfect backdrop for Richard Orjis to further his exploration of gardens and what they can reveal about a […]
Read More →Labour must endorse road toll undertakings of revenue neutrality
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Taxpayers Union – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Labour must endorse road toll undertakings of revenue neutrality LABOUR & GREENS MUST ENDORSE ROAD TOLL UNDERTAKINGS OF REVENUE NEUTRALITY 7 JUNE 2017FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union welcomes the Government’s undertaking that any form of roadway variable pricing will be used to […]
Read More →Social Investment priorities for a New Zealand where all children can flourish
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Social Investment priorities for a New Zealand where all children can flourish 07 June 2017 CPAG (Child Poverty Action Group) says that with a government election impending, it is crucial to bring in policies that have the wellbeing of all New […]
Read More →“Sanitary hygiene products too expensive,” says CPAG
MIL OSI New Zealand – Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) – Press Release/Statement: Headline: “Sanitary hygiene products too expensive,” says CPAG 06 June 2017 Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) supports the call by Dr Sarah Donovan, from the University of Otago’s Department of Public Health, to improve access to sanitary hygiene items by removing […]
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