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Daily review 28/10/2025

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  1. Drowsy M. Kram 1
    28 October 2025 at 7:32 pm

    Nicky No Boats answers her own CGT question – 'No!' NAct1 MPs are ‘governing’ for the sorted – insulated from their deliberate wrecking of public services. It's all going to plan.

    Finance Minister says Chorus debt sale could fund Defence, hospitals, roads
    [10 Oct 2025]
    We are a much better place to live here, but one of the things that does matter is things like, Australia has a capital gains regime and we don't, and on the margin, yes, that's an advantage to us. Do we want to keep giving away every single area of advantage that we have? My answer is no.”

    About 77,000 New Zealanders have left the country for Australia over the past two years.

    At least Chipkins has (finally) taken a first baby step to the left on tax – more please.

    https://www.greens.org.nz/greens_respond_to_labour_s_cgt_announcement

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  2. SPC 2
    28 October 2025 at 7:45 pm

    Support for both of Labour's moves in health

    CGT revenue funding

    Royal New Zealand College of GPs President Dr Luke Bradford told Checkpoint it supported anything that increases access to healthcare and decreases barriers.

    "We're pleased to see the acknowledgement that the best way to keep people well is to have regular contacts with their general practice and general practitioner."

    "If you want this policy you're gonna have to resource the staff, to resource the staff you're gonna have to get to the point where GP's aren't burning out and they want to train as GPs, so that's going to take some work."

    And also the change to PHO funding

    Bradford said they were on board with Labour's goal to set up an independent pricing authority to set sustainable funding for general practice.

    "As it is recommendations come from an independent body and then they go to Te Whatu Ora and then Te Whatu Ora decides how much they can afford of that recommendation and that's what's seen successive below inflation price increases.

    "The issues for the independent body, as I understand it, will instruct Te Whatu Ora what the price increases will be. So if we can get the settings right for it, then I think that's a positive move."

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/577107/royal-new-zealand-college-of-gps-backs-labour-s-capital-gains-tax-policy

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  3. SPC 3
    28 October 2025 at 7:54 pm

    Limited and administratively easy to apply CGT reaction allows the public to identify the nature of our political parties.

    Labour, pawn in front of Queen to d 3 (not 4, a careful first step).

    National and ACT, it is the end of our world – Key's bright-line test of 2 years was to stop this.

    Greens – did we miss them doing something substantive. No we did not.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/577045/nicola-willis-slams-labour-s-capital-gains-tax-plan-it-s-a-terrible-idea

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