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Peter Dunne plays grinch

Last week I missed this little announcement from Peter Dunne that the threshold at which student loan borrowers have to start paying back their loan would not be increased. To my knowledge this has...

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Subsidised Private Healthcare

Peter Dunne and Southern Cross Healthcare want the Government to subsidise private health insurance. Superficially, the argument that incentivising the use of private healthcare (specifically elective...

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Don Brash and Peter Dunne- Lest We Forget

Its been fascinating to hear Peter Dunne’s strident condemnation of a Don Brash led ACT Party in the last few days. “Don Brash is a rigid right-wing ideologue – give him influence and a hand on power...

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English catches up with Budget changes

At the start of question time today, I wondered why Bill English didn’t front for questions in Parliament.  I knew his planned trip to speak at the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce was postponed due to...

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IRD computer crisis

Crazy to think the effective collection of tens of billions of our tax dollars every year is dependent on museum-grade technology. The Inland Revenue Department has been pleading for a new computer...

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Dunne struggling to keep up?

In February this year, the Prime Minister said tax policy was being held back because the computer systems “can’t actually support radical changes from Government.”   The Prime Minister’s comments over...

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Tell us it’s Dunne and dusted now Peter

United Future leader and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne’s belated recognition that he holds a casting vote in John Key and Steven Joyce’s shonkey SkyCity convention centre deal is welcome. The question...

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United Future’s awful week

Poor Peter Dunne. He’s having one heck of an awful week. The sad thing is the United Future leader used to be quite diligent back when his party had a confidence and supply agreement with the 2005-2008...

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Tax pain time

Next week thousands upon thousands of New Zealanders will wake up to a cut in their take-home pay because of policy decisions by the National/United Future government. From 1 April 2013 the minimum...

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The right to know: Peter Dunne

Despite his changed status in recent times, the Right to Know series will also profile former Minister Peter Dunne’s time as, Minister of Revenue, Associate Minister of Health, and Associate Minister...

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