Times are hard. It is likely that when the June quarter economic growth figures come out on 26th September, it will confirm that the economy has been in a technical recession through the first half of 2008. We are halfway there with the news that the economy contracted by 0.3 percent in the March quarter. The Bank of New Zealand has warned that the length of the adjustment process threatens to be longer than the 1998 downturn.
Download the CTU's February 2008 submission to the Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill as a PDF or Word document below:
This Fact Sheet was prepared for the July 2002 General Election Campaign.
There have been significant environmental issues highlighted in this term of Government. The decision to stop native logging on the West Coast of the South Island and pay compensation, the debate about the Kyoto Protocol, and the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification are some major examples.
Links:
[1] http://union.org.nz/policy/economicbulletin92
[2] http://union.org.nz/user/editorpolicy
[3] http://union.org.nz/taxonomy/term/64
[4] http://union.org.nz/taxonomy/term/63
[5] http://union.org.nz/taxonomy/term/108
[6] http://union.org.nz/taxonomy/term/110
[7] http://union.org.nz/taxonomy/term/112
[8] http://union.org.nz/policy/climate-change-emissions-trading-feb-2008
[9] http://union.org.nz/taxonomy/term/86
[10] http://union.org.nz/taxonomy/term/70
[11] http://union.org.nz/policy/Towards-Sustainability-Unions-and-Climate-Change
[12] http://union.org.nz/policy/ctu-economic-bulletin-no-77
[13] http://union.org.nz/policy/fact-sheet-10-the-environment
[14] http://union.org.nz/user/editornews
[15] http://union.org.nz/taxonomy/term/62
[16] http://union.org.nz/taxonomy/term/61
[17] http://union.org.nz/policy/ctu-submission-on-the-national-interest-analysis-kyoto-protocol