NZF-Coalition Agreement Relased

[Andrew Ward]

NZF coalition agreement with Labour, at a glance:

• Regional development: A $1 billion per year Regional Development (Provincial Growth) Fund

• Rail: Significant investment in regional rail.

• Forestry: Re-establish the New Zealand Forestry Service, and planting 100 million trees per year in a Billion Trees Planting Programme.

• Auckland Port: Commissioning a feasibility study on moving the Ports of Auckland to Northport

• Biosecurity: A funding increase to Biosecurity NZ and a select committee Inquiry into biosecurity

• Irrigation: Honour existing Crown Irrigation investment commitments

• Monetary policy: Review and reform the Reserve Bank Act

• Minimum wage: Increase to $20 an hour by 2020, with the final increase to take effect in April 2021

• Tax: Increase penalties for corporate fraud and tax evasion, and introduce a tax on exports of bottled water

• KiwiBank: Investigate KiwiBank's capabilities to become the Government's banker when that contract is next renewed.

• Foreign ownership: Strengthen the Overseas Investment Act and create a comprehensive register of foreign-owned land and housing

• Research and development: Increase R&D spending to 2 per cent of GDP over 10 years

• Health: Re-establish the Mental Health Commission, annual free health checks for seniors with the SuperGold card, free doctors' visits for all under 14s, increasing the age for free breast screening to 74

• Education: Restore funding for gifted students and Computers in Homes, pilot counsellors in primary schools, free driver training for all secondary school students, restart Te Kotahitanga teacher professional development

• Defence: Re-examine the Defence procurement programme

[Wyatt Perry]

• Housing: Establish a Housing Commission

• Law and Order: Work towards 1800 new police officers over three years, investigate a volunteer rural constabulary programme, increase funding for Community Law Centres, establish a Criminal Cases Review Commission

• Social Development: More funding for family violence networks, including Women's Refuge and Shakti, pilot a Youth Education, Training and Employment programme and provide 800 extra places for the LSV scheme, introduce Ready for Work programmes

• Superannuation: Keep age of eligibility at 65

• Environment: Move to an emissions-free government-vehicle fleet by 2025/26, introduce a Zero Carbon Act and independent Climate Commission, which will consider including agriculture into the ETS, establish a tyre stewardship fund, piloting alternatives to 1080, work towards a Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary

• Conservation: More funding for the Department of Conservation

• Democracy: No new parliamentary building this term, an independent review of electoral processes and enrolments, and a review of the parliamentary processes, and pass a 'Waka Jumping' bill

• Immigration: Ensure work visas reflect skills shortages and cut down on low quality international education courses, and take action on migrant exploitation, particularly international students

• Pike River: Commit to re-entry to Pike River

• Other: Build a Maori Battalion museum at Waitangi, review retail-power pricing, allow a conscience vote on a NZ First euthanasia referendum bill, a Public Inquiry "a decade after Shand" to investigate the drivers of local government costs, support NZ First's racing policy, work towards a Free Trade Agreement with the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan Customs Union, record a Cabinet minute regarding the lack of process followed prior to the National-led government sponsorship of UNSC2334, concerning the Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

[Matthew Stewart]

NZ First ministerial portfolios will include:
• Foreign Affairs
• Infrastructure
• Regional Economic Development
• Internal Affairs
• Seniors
• Defence
• Veterans' Affairs
• Children
• Forestry
• State Owned Enterprises
• Racing
• Associate Finance
• Associate Education and an Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Regional Economic Development

[Jaxson Cox]

minimum wage increase is going to push industry offshore

[Ian Ross]

This woman will be a disaster just like all female leaders

[Robert Mitchell]

>This woman will be a disaster just like all female leaders

this

[Anthony Butler]

Let's look at how Sup Forums did by voting NZF.

> Stop gook buying Auckland houses
Relaity: "undertake a comprehensive register of foreign-owned land and housing"

> Evict Chang yesterday!
- NZF didn't even get the immigration portfolio. I thought this was a priority item?
- Immigration is the second to last item in the agreement, just beating out "Other". A reflection of its true priority.
- "As per Labour’s policy..." (LOL - Winston gave it away)
- Take serious action on migrant exploitation, particularly of international students (Savage. Wouldn't want Chang getting sub standard English classes)

[Nolan Miller]

Yeah work over there is fucked as it is I wanna come back but I won't find anything

[Andrew Wilson]

literally I was going to start a distillery business here but I'm not sure it'll be viable with minimum wage this high

[Matthew Rivera]

>Minimum wage: Increase to $20 an hour by 2020, with the final increase to take effect in April 2021

Seems like this would be horrible for rural areas in particular.

> NZ First's racing policy

Is this New Zealand slang for sheep fucking?

>take action on migrant exploitation, particularly international students

$20 minimum wage will make this worse.

>Housing: Establish a Housing Commission

Make it easier and cheaper to build.