Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 30/9/24

Corporate welfare? The Luxon government has yet to put a cork in it – and the wine industry has become a beneficiary

Eradicating corporate welfare was the rationale applied by the PM when he set about delivering National’s campaign promise to end the Government Decarbonising Industry Fund (GIDI).

Before the election, Christopher Luxon said he would use the Emissions Trading Scheme to give companies an incentive to install clean energy without taxpayer grants. He criticised Labour for handing out grants to “in many cases profitable” companies.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 14/2/24

Three Waters go down the legislative gurgler – but what should we make of Local Water Done Well?

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown – it seems fair to suppose – was flushed with success after the repeal of Labour’s divisive and unpopular Three Waters legislation.

As he explained, repealing this legislation is a necessary first step in implementing his government’s Local Water Done Well policy and a key part of our Government’s 100-day plan.