Media Statement
Monday, 30 November
Hon Peter Dunne
MP for Ohariu
Leader of UnitedFuture
Dunne: 2025 Report a mix of good and bad
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says the 2025 Taskforce’s Report’s recommendations released today are a mixture of good
and bad
“There are some bold initiatives here which are well worth further consideration, while others are nothing more than
Business Roundtable propaganda New Zealanders have long since rejected.
“In particular, some of the tax initiatives proposed deserve further consideration, and I am sure they will be taken
into account alongside the forthcoming reports due from the Tax Working Group and the Capital Markets Development
Taskforce,” he says.
However, Mr Dunne says other recommendations such as changing superannuation entitlements and abolishing the
superannuation fund are “an eerie 1980s and 1990s throwback, which should be junked immediately.”
“Also, while there is undoubtedly a strong case for welfare reform, and greater efficiency in health services delivery,
that the Government should consider, this cannot be at the expense of broader equity issues.
“In short, the Government has to tread carefully, lest it be seen that the Report is merely a preview of the 2010
Budget,” he says.
Mr Dunne is therefore urging the Government to adopt a cautious response to the Report, and to consider its
recommendations alongside the forthcoming reports from the Tax Working Group and the Capital Markets Development
Taskforce.
“I do not think the Government should embrace this report wholeheartedly, but should pick the eyes from it and the other
reports to produce a coherent overall package to boost domestic productivity and economic growth which will in turn
contribute to reducing the standard of living gap with Australia.”
“And above all else, the Government should never forget that politics is the art of the achievable, not necessarily the
desirable,” he says.
ENDS