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 - 26/7/24

Tax relief is on the way (hurrah), but help for the wine industry draws attention to the issue of corporate welfare

From one part of the Beehive comes a reminder that tax relief will be delivered next week.

From another comes a reminder that this government is no less willing than its predecessor to dispense the taxes it does collect to provide corporate welfare.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 12/6/23

Kiwi who has has blended law with wine industry expertise is backed by govt to win election as new head of the OIV

Trade and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor didn’t mention the weight of support for Auckland lawyer John Barker, when he welcomed the election of Barker as Director General of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).