The Taxpayers’ Union is calling the recent taxpayer-supported $5m loan given to a private corporation for the purchase of a big Ruapehu skifield “an abuse of taxpayer money”. Commenting on the latest of nine multi-million corporate welfare cheques, Taxpayers’ Union Communications Officer, Alex Emes, said: “This can no longer be...
The Taxpayers’ Union is commenting on the Government’s “job cuts” released during scrutiny week. Only 865 redundancies were announced across the public sector, with spending going up 0.7 percent. Commenting on the relatively small cuts, Taxpayers’ Union Communications Officer, Alex Emes, said: “If the Government is serious about cutting waste...
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request that the Inland Revenue Department has spent $54,990 on remote worker travel to the Wellington office, including flights, meals, taxis and accommodation. The revelations, which predate recent changes to public service working-from-home policies, highlight how lax oversight has allowed such wasteful...
The Taxpayers' Union is slamming Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale and his Council's decision to appoint unelected, unaccountable, iwi representatives onto every one of the Council's powerful standing committees, with full voting rights.Responding to today's vote, Taxpayers' Union Executive Director, Jordan Williams, said:"This is a fundamentally undemocratic move. By shifting so...
It's silly season in Wellington, with Christmas joy (i.e. taxpayer funded) knees up well underway. There's also the usual December "take out the trash" silliness where exceedingly well paid government spin doctors dump the bad news at the very time the media and public aren't looking... But here at the...
ACT, Te Pāti Māori, and the centre-right will be happy with the results of the final Taxpayers-Union Curia Poll for 2024.The poll, conducted 1 to 3 December, has both National and Labour down 4.6 points from last month, National at 34.2% and Labour at 26.9%.The Greens are down 1 point...