Fuel tax and road safety
Sam Warburton talks to The Panel about what he thinks of previous road safety campaigns and whether the change in transport policy will really save 160 lives. Read more
6 April, 2018
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Sam Warburton discusses a fuel tax increase
The government's 10-year transport plan proposes a fuel tax increase of between nine and 12 cents per litre. Aucklanders face fuel tax hikes of about 20 cents a litre if the Government's increases and a regional fuel tax are brought in. Read more
3 April, 2018
Parker's $1b claim on America's Cup returns disputed
The Auckland venue for New Zealand's America's Cup defence was agreed this week and will go to Auckland Council for sign off. Sam Warburton responds in Morning Report to Economic Development Minister David Parker’s claim the America's Cup could generate up to $1 billion in gains for New Zealand. Read more
28 March, 2018
A question of optics
Few countries run as much on informal relationships as New Zealand. It is both due to our small size and our aversion to hierarchies. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
23 March, 2018
Tax Working Group can't dress up tax as a fix to broken housing market
“I know an old lady who swallowed a fly” is a nonsensical story that has delighted children for decades. Its tale of an old woman, who swallowed increasingly large animals, each to catch the previous one, is as humorous as it is absurd. Read more
Roger Partridge
23 March, 2018
New Zealand's new government
Dr Oliver Hartwich is interviewed by Tom Switzer on the new New Zealand government and the policy challenges they face. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
22 March, 2018
Governments should explore their own behavioural biases towards retirement savings
There is no shortage of opinion pieces or expert commentary making the case that Kiwis are financially illiterate. Apparently we’re not good with savings, we don’t plan for the future, and we do not take even simple actions (like switching out of our default KiwiSaver funds) to optimise our future financial security. Read more
19 March, 2018
Trump and other hypocrites
US President Donald Trump’s new protectionism is populist, wrong and dangerous. Sadly, that does not mean that his loudest opponents can automatically claim the moral high ground. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
16 March, 2018
Sunsets are beautiful
Policy analysis is like a lot of other project work. It can be good, it can be fast, and it can be cheap – but it cannot be all three. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
9 March, 2018
Stop predicting the future (and go back to work)
If there is one lesson from our species’ past, it is that we are not very good at thinking about the future. This is irrespective of our personal inclination toward optimism or pessimism. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
9 March, 2018