2011
China-NZ Free Trade Agreement Review
Hong Kong NZ Investment Protocol
Minimum Wage Review 2011
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill
Periodic Reporting Regulations for Retail KiwiSaver Schemes
Pre-Positioning for Open Bank Resolution
Unsupportable conclusions from NZIER study on the 90-day trial policy
The research by NZ Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) claiming to show that the 90 day law has increased hiring in small firms draws invalid conclusions from a flawed analysis.
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 4
The Health Vote in the 2011 Budget was an estimated $127 million behind what is needed to stand still. While it listed services that will receive more funding, these come at the cost of cuts in other services.
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 5
As pressure continues for public health services to meet increasing health needs on tighter budgets, business is booming in the private sector. There are two reasons for this: increasing levels of public funds are going to the private sector to provide services, and lack of resources, and cuts, in the public sector are… Read more »
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 6
Every year hundreds of millions of dollars are spent treating people in hospital who don’t need to be there. If our primary health care system was functioning more effectively we would save millions of dollars and empty thousands of hospital beds.
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