Plan will set up sector for long-term success, Penny Simmonds says.
So far, only 60,000 of the expected 100,000 households have benefitted.
David Seymour says the Government can create an environment that creates more competition.
NZ Initiative’s Bryce Wilkinson says it does not undermine the sovereignty of Parliament.
There is a ‘massive risk’ the Government’s reform is not going to be delivered, says Civil Contractors NZ chief executive Alan Pollard.
Government serious about targeting criminals, not clogging businesses up with red tape, says Nicole McKee.
BusinessNZ backs the bill, while the CTU says it should be stopped in its tracks.
New Zealanders who play by the rules should not be tied up in red tape, Nicole McKee says.
Sir Geoffrey Palmer says the bill, in its first day of oral hearings, is ‘quite bizarre, and it won’t work’.
Addressing the cost of living remains a key focus, says Christopher Luxon.