Budget win for the Taxpayers’ Union with announcement of
independent costing office
17 MAY 2018
The
Taxpayers’ Union is celebrating that a policy it has
pushed for since 2014 has been adopted by the
Government.
Jordan Williams, the Executive Director
of the Taxpayers’ Union, says:
“Since we
launched our election ‘Bribe-O-Meter’ we have argued
that New Zealand needs an independent election policy
costing office. This increases transparency, improves
democracy, and helps prevent politicians and parties from
getting away with pulling numbers from thin air.”
“Shortly after our lobbying, the Green Party picked up
the idea, and today the Government formally announced public
consultation on establishing an independent body to provide
parties and the public non-partisan costings on their
policies.”
“It’s not often the Taxpayers’
Union loudly endorses new spending initiatives, but here it
will be difficult to find any taxpayer who will disagree
with this initiative.
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