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Daily review 04/12/2025

Written By: - Date published: 5:30 pm, December 4th, 2025 - 5 comments
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  2. SPC 2
    4 December 2025 at 9:03 pm

    Planet Earth to the Taxpayers Union and its government.

    On Tuesday, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's said that a rates cap could lead to a greater debt burden as council's could be forced to rely more heavily on debt to finance capital expenditure.

    Councils that responded to the rates cap by loading up on debt could see their credit ratings downgraded, making it more expensive to borrow.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/580885/rates-cap-puts-future-infrastructure-projects-at-risk-marlborough-mayor-says

    • SPC 2.1
      4 December 2025 at 10:58 pm

      Political slogans from the government unrelated to the real world.

      Ruapehu Mayor Weston Kirton says a new cornerstone Government policy will strip communities of the ability to decide the level of services they want and risks pushing councils into a spiral of long-term underinvestment seen in Australia.

      He also questions whether the cap will deliver discipline or simply defer pain.

      “When councils are forced to cut spending to meet a cap, it becomes impossible to lift rates later to catch up on deferred investment,” Kirton told Local Democracy Reporting.

      “This leads to a cycle of underfunding and persistent deficits.”

      https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360909450/rates-cap-will-lock-councils-long-term-deficit-ruapehu-mayor-warns

  3. SPC 3
    4 December 2025 at 9:06 pm

    Experts accuse the government of blatant lies.

    The governments plan to reduce vehicle standards and farm emission standards, import gas and be dependent on coal for power in dry years has a consequence – buying offshore carbon credits.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/580790/impossible-to-meet-paris-agreement-targets-without-buying-offshore-carbon-credits-experts

  4. SPC 4
    4 December 2025 at 9:11 pm

    The liar concerned, who makes Shane Jones and Casey Costello seem like carbon smokestack namby-pambies, ignores expert advice (in this regard working on behalf of the government’s sponsors).

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/580824/government-rejects-all-of-climate-change-commission-s-emissions-target-recommendations