Opinion

PATTRICK SMELLIE: Labour’s election recipe: cautious populism

Pattrick Smellie
Wed, 09 Sep 2020

On Monday, the prime minister – in her role as Labour Party leader – promised a public holiday.The workers will be happy.On Tuesday, she announced that bank charges on eftpos machines would be regulated.Small business owners and retailers will be happy.Today, her finance minister announced perhaps the smallest tax policy ever unveiled by a Labour Party, taking a faint dab at the top 2 percent of income earners, most of whose houses and share portfolios have shot up in value this year and will remain untaxed anyway.The calculation is...

Try free for 10 days

Trustworthy, balanced journalism every day from our growing team of New Zealand business reporters and commentators, plus more in our weekend magazine section, The Life.

Instant News Alerts based on keywords you choose or journalists you follow
Our Daily Digest of all stories at 6am, midday or 6pm
A custom library of your saved stories
An industry-leading search engine
Try for 10 days without paying and if you’re not convinced cancel with just two clicks.

Support quality New Zealand journalism by subscribing today.

Find out more

Not convinced yet?

Subscribe to our Daily News Update free newsletter.

Opinion

The end of the National Party?

Brian Gaynor | Sat, 24 Oct 2020

Early post-election actions by the National Party suggest it hasn't yet grasped the task it faces to remain relevant to a fast-changing electorate.

Technology FREE

What’s Elon Musk’s Starlink doing in New Zealand?

Henry Burrell | Sat, 24 Oct 2020

What does the director of Starlink’s kiwi subsidiary think of the tech player?

Markets

ON THE MONEY: Sam Stubbs, Eric Watson, IBM, Tamarind and more

Victoria Young | Sat, 24 Oct 2020

OTM this week: Sam Stubbs, Damien Grant, Damien Smith, IBM, and what are the Greens up to?

PATTRICK SMELLIE: Labour’s election recipe: cautious populism

Not convinced yet?

Your company has a subscription

Team