scoop.co.nz 08 Apr, 2021 03:45 am

Stop Vilifying Landlords And Start Listening

“Labour should stop vilifying residential property investors and start listening to them,” says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Labour promised to be a government for all New Zealanders, but today’s comments in Parliament take ...

Scoop i Parliament Stop Vilifying Landlords And Start Listening “Labour should stop vilifying residential property investors and start listening to them,” says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden.p NEW ZEALAND POLITICS Gordon Campbell: On Bubble Economics, And The New Pro-gun, Pro-hunting Firearms Panel The travel bubble with Australia will throw a lifeline to tourism operators, who have first-hand experience that thrifty domestic tourists are no real substitute for the free spending visitors from offshore.More>> ALSO: NZ Govt - Independent Group Announced To Advise On Firearms Matters - Trans-Tasman Bubble To Start 19 April NZ Police - Police Announce Modernised Firearms Licence Cards Science Media Centre - Trans-Tasman Travel Bubble To Open - Expert Reaction“Labour promised to be a government for all New Zealanders, but today’s comments in Parliament take us down a divisive path.

“Dismissing the concerns of 120,000 New Zealanders by pointing to an outlying example is appallingly disingenuous.According to the Global Data research organisation, the annual spend of domestic tourists in this country during 2019 was only about $305, while the average expenditure of Australian visitors here during 2019 was $4,642.

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