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Perhaps a US Republican can give inspiration to setting limits on excessive profits: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13092026/how-alabama-power-escaped-tighter-regulation/

So Nicola Willis says that forcing greater splitting of ownership for supermarkets will reduce prices – perhaps she could explain why that does not appear to to apply to the electricity market.

See https://researchassociation.org.nz/Update I have not tried to find out what determination the Research Association made in the case that prompted the resignation by Farrar.

For years Wellington has had a Nat/ACT group of candidates for Council places that has consistently said “We will keep your rates low” – and indeed they did, until the inevitable happened and the “deferred maintenance” became too evident with broken pipes …

I haven’t been following the news for a while, but I do recall something about Simeon Brown saving our health service recently – by giving a ten year contract for some health services to a private medical provider. I don’t recall any details, but it seems …

A Capital Gains tax could tax gains each year as they occur (giving presumably a deduction from other tax when gains are negative), or when an asset is sold (when the capital gains crystalise in money terms. It gets more complicated when a portfolio of …

See https://www.politicalcompass.org/nz2023 Seeing Labour as a centre party does not mean they are at the centre – just that they are left of National, and right of the Green Party.

So the Road Transport industry are upset with Chris Bishop because he won’t let trucks carry larger loads. Oh Dear! I suspect the reality is that major weather events are not allowed for sufficiently in Road User Charges, but also that at the top end ( …

Sometimes there can be an increase in both relative poverty and absolute poverty – for example under the current ACT / NZ First government. The current government bases decisions on cash measures – they have managed to reduce GDP as well as the value of …

Meanwhile its business as usual under this government: In Porirua, Uncle Bills and Pete’s Emporium are closing, In Palmerston North Uncle Bill’s is closing, and in Upper Hutt, Lincraft is closing all stores to go online only. And stealing copper has moved …

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/596618/budget-2026-nicola-willis-takes-swing-at-nz-first-over-superannuation and: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/596636/budget-2026-willis-superannuation-comments-an-unfortunate-mistake-says-winston-peters Now we …

It is hard to find news that can be relied on to be consistent and well thought through – No Right Turn is just such a website although the views may be repugnant to the right, and posts tend to cover only selected issues. I liked the latest entry – see …

The contract to process inwards and outwards transactions for the government is largely managing a process. So for example on a payday, or NZ Super day, etc; the government will give an electronic file of accounts to be paid and how much to each, then …

It also makes it very urgent that first we break the stupidity of letting the other shareholders on the gentailers milk excess profits – this is by far a worse ownership model than the supermarkets; I presume someone paid a heap of money to National back …

Through No Right Turn: https://petitions.parliament.nz/b6459024-f984-473b-2357-08de807c278c/sign?lang=en Worth signing . . . . .