PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Treasurer Bill English claims that this government has demonstrated economic leadership on tax issues, producer board reform and ACC reform. " Unbelievable garbage" responds Libertarianz Finance Deregulation Spokesman Julian Darby today.

"On all these issues," says Darby, "English's National Socialist government has been dithering when it should have slashing."

What could a party do to show leadership in the current environment? "It would get the hell out of the way," says Darby. "It would allow producers to keep more of their own money by slashing the amount of loot that the government takes via taxation. It would free primary producers such as apple and pear growers to export their goods where and how they wish, by totally deregulating the monopolistic producer boards. And it would allow businesses to decide themselves how best to insure against workplace accidents, by totally deregulating the accident insurance market."

Mr Darby points out that "Libertarianz are the only party whose policies will leave you free to take control of your own life, in contrast to the nanny-statists of other parties who claim to know what is best for you. Only a very sad person would be seeking leadership from the current crop of otherwise unemployable political time-servers."

ENDS

© Scoop Media

Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>