Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 3/10/23

Taxpayers might be piste off, as govt lending to ski field is lifted to $50m – but more corporate welfare is announced, too

The distributions of two dollops of corporate welfare have been proudly announced in government press statements today, but neither mentions or relates to the further taxpayer funding for ski fields on the skids.

The government’s official website tells of $7 million being provided to boost aerospace operators and an unstated sum to help forestry processors.

Point of Order: Climate Change Commission sounds caution about forestry.....

......while Peeni pumps $57m into a fund for wood processing

There’s much to absorb in the 205-page report from the Climate Change Commission headed 2023 Draft advice to inform the strategic direction of the Government’s second emissions reduction plan.

If media headlines fairly sum up what the commission is saying, the government should be smarting.

Here’s a sample –