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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

3 months

I’ve instructed the Law Commission to stop all work on hate speech legislation.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

3 months

Since 2022, we have been fundamentally opposed to Labour’s hate speech changes that would bring a significant reduction in free expression and free speech.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

National supports the loan arrangement with @FlyAirNZ . We need to be doing all we can to preserve jobs.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

11 months

I'm calling on the new Justice Minister to abandon Labour’s target to reduce the prison population by 30%. Their priority has to be reversing the 33 per cent increase in violent crime under Labour. That starts with removing the target of reducing the prison population.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

2 years

Kiri Allen’s parallel universe - me: “will Cantabrians have equal voting rights after the Canterbury Regional Council (Ngai Tahu Representation) Act takes effect? Allan: yes. How do Ministers getting away with talking nonsense?

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

NZ faces colossal economic challenge. Budget proposes extra $140 billion in debt, $80k per household. Under Labour that equals higher taxes. We can get back on track, but we need a clear plan, not just a slush fund. We need delivery, not just big announcements.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

. Does she not realise that there’s a basic difference: the government demands its revenue through taxes; businesses have to compete to survive. Which is pretty hard when you’re told you can’t operate. What an insult

Jacinda Ardern asks private sector to 'value your workforce' the way Government has | Newshub

The Prime Minister was asked why all essential workers aren't earning the living wage.

www.newshub.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Confirmed

Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Wonder if the PM will cancel her Monday morning media to avoid talking about it. Seems to be a bit of a tradition.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Does it really feel like the country is operating at 75% capacity? We keep being told it is... we need to get NZ working again

nzherald

@nzherald

4 years

The New Zealand economy is back operating at 75 per cent capacity on the third day of alert level 3 lockdown

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Both NZ and Australia have been successful in getting on top of Covid, but we have been much more heavily locked down for longer; now for another week. This will make our recovery harder.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

1 year

After six years in power, Labour has finally accepted that its soft-on-crime approach has failed. The Prime Minister blamed society: it’s not society’s fault. We need to restore personal responsibility and end Labour’s culture of excuses.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

What a week, PM to busy and important to do radio in Christchurch; Jones describes protesting farmers as rednecks and we learn deputy PM Peters hasn’t talked directly to head of public service in 2 years. What a shambles

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Does @JulieAnneGenter really think a couple of grand is a ‘small fee’ for some new parents buying a safer car or an apprentice buying a used Hiace so they can work?

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

PM Ardern has missed three question times in a row. Parliament and question should be a priority, not an option when everything’s going fine.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Love is a choice; tax is compulsory, and a government that can’t control its spending will always want more of it. ‘Tax is love' - Green Party leaders want to see taxes increased to build fairer NZ .

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

The Government’s conclusion that it can dismiss questioning of its decision-making over Covid-19 is deeply troubling.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Wonder if the PM will cancel her Monday morning media to avoid talking about it. Seems to be a bit of a tradition.

Miriyana Alexander

@miriyananz

4 years

Excellent from @dchengnz .. Comment: The problem hindering Jacinda Ardern's big call on Monday

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

The latest attempt by the Prime Minister to lay all of the blame for our country’s economic slowdown on global factors shows she is in denial about the effects of her Government’s inept economic management.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Jacinda Ardern accused National of spreading misinformation when we argued Labour’s tax hikes are just the beginning - this article shows she’s the one spreading misinformation by saying less debt equals massive cuts. via @NZSTUFF

The Whole Truth

Fact-checking the 2020 New Zealand Election

interactives.stuff.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

My plea to the government is to focus on the here and now, and move more rapidly to stabilise businesses as best we can to save jobs. The National Party stands ready to help in any way we can.

Please open the Govt's wallet - and quickly

OPINION: It's time to bring out the financial bazooka, National's Paul Goldsmith says.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

KiwiBuild: after nearly two years, the government replaces a target they had no hope of reaching with pure fudge. Meantime, very slow progress on meaningful reform of RMA. Govt’s lack of delivery and incompetence is driving down confidence. Remember ‘Let’s Do This!’

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

Absolutely extraordinary that the Minister with responsibility for $3b in spending has failed to disclose not one or two meetings but 61 over a seven month period. It's not a "muck up", it's incompetence.

Shane Jones fails to disclose 61 meetings

Shane Jones has had to correct 20 answers to questions from the National Party after he failed to disclose meetings he had earlier this year.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

It took the last Labour Government two terms to lose its financial discipline; this one has given up in 18 months.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

The Government announced the biggest spend up in Budget history this week but there’s no clear plan and they lack the competence to deliver it.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Phil Twyford’s claim that New Zealand has over-invested in roads and motorways shows how out of touch he is with this country’s transport needs.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Would expect the Minister of finance to know the 1 percent drop in GDP growth is worth around $3billion to New Zealanders, not $800 million as he guessed in the House this afternoon. The sharp decline the NZ economy is serious.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

Sometimes Shane Jones comes up trumps. Today admitted that he, as acting Minister of Transport, was only made aware of a major change of policy when the PM made it up in the house. Regional fuel taxes are now ruled out as long as PM is in office. Policy on the hoof.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

11 months

Labour’s overriding justice approach to reduce the prison population, without reducing violent crime, has failed. National will unashamedly make public safety and victims the priority of the criminal justice system.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Latest GDP figures show that on a per person basis we were in recession first half of year. Stripping out fast pop growth, we are well off the pace internationally. This govt has taken a strongly growing country with surpluses and transformed it into a slow economy in deficit.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

PM’s speech: ‘But we also decided that we would do things differently. We decided that there was a place in government for concepts like compassion and kindness.’ Wow, the arrogance. Nobody ever thought of compassion and kindness before her.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Unusual trip to Wellington this morning after wind disrupts flight; fly to Palmy; persuade my aunt who lives there to deliver me to bus station (no taxis, no rental cars) then bus. Discovered Seymour in next seat. Lovely countryside.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

Robertson refuses to rule out applying capital gains tax to KiwiSaver. More tax on savings is the last thing we need.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

All funding decisions made by NZ First Ministers should be reviewed in light of the New Zealand First Foundation’s alleged mishandling of party donations.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Shane Jones trumpeted to Parliament last year that his Provincial Growth Fund had created 9000 jobs. As it so happens, after one year, the actual number is 54.

Exclusive: Provincial Growth Fund has created just 54 jobs | Newshub

Only 3.4 percent of the $3 billion funding has been paid out so far.

www.newshub.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Re Labour’s transport infrastructure: they’ve wasted two and half years. National has embarrassed them into announcing these projects, but the tragedy is Labour can’t deliver. Think Kiwibuild.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Far greater transparency is needed from the Government on the economic consequences of the Covid-19 lockdown.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Auckland's light rail scheme could be permanently on hold. Gone the way of Kiwibuild. Tomorrow there will more promises, but can they deliver?

Light rail 'on hold'

Auckland's light rail scheme could be permanently on hold.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Two broken promises today. This government knew Kiwis didn’t trust them and so promised to keep debt below 20% of GDP and to run surpluses unless there was a major shock or crisis. Both promises broken. The crisis is their incompetent economic management.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Julie Anne Genter’s comments attacking some motorists as being “car fascists” are worrying remarks from a transport minister.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

And make sure to tune in a couple of days before that when we release the Government’s Budget before they do #searchbar

NZ Minister of Finance

@NZFinMin

4 years

Budget 2020 will be delivered on Thursday 14 May. The Wellbeing Approach is again at the core of this year’s Budget. It will continue the Coalition Government’s focus on tackling the long-term challenges facing New Zealand while also preparing the economy for the future

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

The PM is in denial about our economy.

NZ National Party

@NZNationalParty

5 years

The Prime Minister can't keep denying her Government's policies are hurting Kiwi businesses.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

In two years this government has taken massive surpluses and turned them into a deficit; a fast growing economy and turned it into a slower one, and broken its promises on debt.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

The Government may be in denial over the realities of Shane Jones’ slush fund, but official figures show so far it has hired two bureaucrats for every new job created.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Come on! The PM does nothing when one of her Cabinet Ministers (Jones) flouts the Cabinet manual by inserting himself into a NZ Transport Agency case. And that’s a great week of leadership from the PM?

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 months

Today we put an end to the cottage industry of Section 27 Reports costing the taxpayer millions with no benefits to the real victims of crime. An important step forward towards restoring law and order.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

The Government needs to clarify urgently whether it will expand its Economic Support Package which is one of the least generous amongst comparable countries.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

The massive cut to the OCR yesterday is sobering economic news. The only other recent cuts of this magnitude have been after 9/11, the GFC and after the Christchurch quakes. This time? A Labour-NZ First Government that inspires little confidence and has no clear plan for growth.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

7 years

An Employment Minister who doesn't know what the average wage is!! (It's $1150 a week - up 28% under @NZNationalParty ).

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

The Treasury is now blaming plummeting business confidence and, implicitly, the Government for New Zealand’s slowing economy and the need to revise down its latest economic forecasts.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

The first legislation passed after the so-called wellbeing Budget is to legislate for an extra $360 million worth of fuel taxes over two years.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

The Prime Minister says it’s just an ‘error’ that Shane Jones happened to forget 61 meetings over the course of 7 months. Has anyone asked @clarecurranmp for her opinion?

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

The spectacle of the Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters trash-talking one of New Zealand’s leading businesses, Fonterra, explains why business confidence continues to plumb new depths under this government.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Leaked information that the cost of Auckland’s City Rail link, New Zealand’s largest transport project, has blown out by $500 million is deeply concerning and raises questions about the Government’s ability to manage its finances.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

1 year

Labour's inaction and hand-wringing has allowed criminal brazenness to take hold to the extent that a gang has now shut down a town. National will give Police the power to issue dispersal notices to stop gang members gathering in public where they intimidate, threaten & assault.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

After a year of this Labour-led Government there have been 15 strikes in the transport sector compared to 12 under nine years of a National Government.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Politics as usual: governments dumps COVID papers Friday afternoon.

Hamish Rutherford

@oneforthedr

4 years

Well what do you know. A Friday afternoon dump.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Jones' conflicted reassurance, PM needs to haul Shane Jones in and get to the bottom of this. On the surface, his position looks untenable.

Jones' conflicted reassurance

Shane Jones attended a meeting at which his colleagues awarded millions of dollars to a project he declared a conflict of interest in.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

This is amazing. Slightest bit of pressure and the PM is attacking her Ministers, via @nzherald

PM says she was 'very clear' to ministers about regional fuel tax ban

Jacinda Ardern: I made decision about no more regional fuel taxes well before yesterday.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

Rather bizarre that the Key announcement from the PM’s major speech a couple of weeks ago, the Business Partnership Agenda, has vanished entirely from the major speech today. No wonder people are confused.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Halfway through the Government’s term we still can’t get a straight answer from Shane Jones on how many jobs have been created from the $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

Mr Jones, personal attacks on the leaders of public companies is a strange approach to economic development. You can have an opinion without going silly. Get some discipline.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Shane Jones denies that he ever spoke to the CEO of NZTA about his relative and former donors' court case, yet official documents show a different story.

Semenoff Logging court case: National accuses Shane Jones of a 'cover-up'

The National Party is accusing the Regional Economic Development Minister of a "cover-up" due to his conflicting answers about a court case.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Figures from the Reserve Bank today estimating there will be 150,000 job losses over the next six months, highlights why it’s crucial we have a clear strategy to guide New Zealand out of this economic hole. Read more:

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Damning figures out today show productivity growth has fallen to just 0.3% under Labour. That’s less than a third of what we achieved during the last term of the National Government.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Open warfare between NZ First and Greens In Economic Development committee this morning over mining in Waihi.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

New Zealanders' financial standing is sliding backwards for the first time since the GFC, according to new Statistics NZ data.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

The two relevant questions now are: how do we avoid making the economic disaster worse than it needs to be? And how can we get back on track?

National is focused on supporting Epsom and your livelihood

www.national.org.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Bungling government has botched its investigation into its botched budget. How can we have confidence in this crowd?

Probe into Budget botch-up 'terminated' over undeclared 'conflict of interest' | Newshub

The investigation's lead, Murray Jack, has been removed.

www.newshub.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

At question time today, Nothing that Grant Robertson has seen in the past three days has caused him to question or doubt that the integrity of Ministerial decision making about major spending projects has been maintained. Nothing to see here.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

It’s true, more urgency is required from the government

Bernard Hickey

@bernardchickey

4 years

Britain to throw $58b at averting COVID-19 slowdown. NZ still mucking around with a few million here and there and no detail until next week.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

@CTrevettNZH @grantrobertson1 If it were up to Robbo every second square would be Super Tax

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

David Parker doubles down. Business confidence surveys are ‘junk’. No wonder the investors we need to start new businesses, hire people and build new plant and equipment are keeping their hands in their pockets.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

The cynicism of this government is astounding. Drop all the bad news and all the economic mismanagement before Easter.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

@Tim_Watkin @toddmcclaymp @NZClarke @ricardominyardo @simonjbridges @NewshubNationNZ @jacindaardern @TovaOBrien @tracy_watkins @NZQandA If she can’t manage her diary, what chance has she of successfully managing a government

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

I wonder when we’ll get an apology from Grant Robertson for heavily implying National had hacked the Treasury. Ministers used to take responsibility for this sort of thing. Budget breach: State Services Commission savages Treasury over failure

Treasury savaged over unacceptable Budget blunder

A report into how last year's Budget was accessed early blames Treasury leadership.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Shane Jones is failing to deliver on all his hi-vis announcements, with only a dribble of the money promised through the Provincial Growth Fund actually landing in bank accounts.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

The Government’s failed policies, uncertainty and incompetence has driven business confidence into the floor and New Zealanders are missing out on opportunities because of it.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

The Government’s arrogant dismissal of real concerns from businesses will only make business confidence fall faster.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Reserve Bank saying ‘indicators of growth remained weak or weakened further over the past few Months’. Of greatest concern is the absence of any clear growth plan from this government. This government needs to get serious about growth.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

Speeches inside, protestors outside at the opening of Taramakau bridge, protest against government’s disapproval of job-creating industries on the coast. Regional development is about more than funding a few projects; it’s about allowing people to make a living.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Decisions around the future of the Ports of Auckland, rail and light rail need to be made on clear analysis of costs and benefits, not on the basis of rushed coalition deal trade-offs after elections.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

A $7.5 million loan from Shane Jones to privately owned luxury hot pools in Methven leaves more serious questions hanging over the Provincial Growth Fund.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

After all the talk, no delivery on capital gains tax. They’ve done the right thing by killing it, now have to account for the damage already done to the economy by 18 months of uncertainty, and future uncertainty because there is now no coherent economic plan from this government

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Shane Jones doesn’t seem to accept that, given the wide connections he says he has throughout Northland, that he has to be very careful about perceived conflicts of interests while handing out $100 million to people and groups he knows in that region?

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Those frustrated motorists who are facing long waiting times on our regional roads this weekend will have to face reality that under this Government there is no help is on the way.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Rising unemployment figures released today show job growth is stalling under Labour's economic mismanagement.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

The answer is no. Biggest spending in history, loosest assessment or the quality of the spending

Thomas Coughlan

@coughlthom

4 years

. @PaulGoldsmithMP vs. @grantrobertson1 on CBAx use (or not) for Covid-19 recovery fund in Question Time right now. Tune in!

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Paul Goldsmith

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10 months

This election, you have a clear choice between a tough on crime National-led Government that will take urgent action to ensure our communities are safer or three more years of a Labour-led Coalition of Chaos cosying up to the gangs.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

The further collapse in businesses’ confidence and in expectations of their own activity is an indictment on the Ardern Government’s economic management.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

54 jobs with a cost to the taxpayer of half a million dollars each.

NZ National Party

@NZNationalParty

5 years

The Provincial Growth Fund was meant to help regional New Zealand grow, but so far the slush fund has wasted millions of your taxpayer dollars to make a total of 54 jobs. Just like KiwiBuild, it's yet another Government scheme turned miserable failure.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Shane Jones’ revelation that he talked to the chief of the NZ Transport Agency about a court case in which he had a distant family connection raises further serious questions for this minister.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

Absolutely

Cameron Bagrie

@cameronbagrie

4 years

Govt needs to start releasing weekly benefit numbers so we can get timely information on how things are evolving. We are an information vacuum and need timely hard data #nzeconomy #nzpol #data

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

They key initiative in ‘Transforming our economy’ is further subsidies for rail! Meantime the government has stopped 12 major transport projects and started no new ones. In summary this budget shows a slowing economy, lots of spending, more borrowing and no growth plan.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

The Government risks serious damage to New Zealanders’ livelihoods by replacing the real productive economy with wishful thinking.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

Shane Jones has confirmed his flagship forest investment in Northland was bungled after pine seedlings ended up being mulched.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 months

Victims are our priority, not offenders. That's why we're removing government funding for Section 27 reports, and have scrapped Labour's prison reduction target.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

5 years

Just heard David Parker on RNZ saying the Government hadn’t made a decision on a Capital Gains Tax. Discussed at cabinet but no decision yet. Obviously, they are fighting big time.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

Transport Minister Phil Twyford’s determination to build a light rail link to Auckland airport from the CBD without a completed business case shows ideology not the needs of commuters is driving transport policy.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

4 years

The Reserve Bank has confirmed 2019 was a fizzer with today’s Monetary Policy Statement estimating economic growth of just 1.6 per cent in 2019.

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Paul Goldsmith

@PaulGoldsmithMP

6 years

Shane Jones has shown it all this week: from a lack of transparency to looseness with spending to rank incompetence.

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