A drop in household income from rising bank interest rates further demonstrates the need for an excess profits tax, the Green Party says.

The Government’s announcement today that it will boost bus driver wages once again adopts a long held Green Party commitment on public transport. 

The Green Party has today put forward proposals to ensure large corporations profiteering from high inflation are taxed fairly and the money used to support people to make ends meet.

Fossil fuel corporations claiming gas as a suitable “transition” fuel is jeopardising New Zealand’s chances of achieving its net zero climate change targets, a new report from the International Energy Agency underscores.

The high rate of inflation continues to show why we must design a fairer tax system that addresses inequality, the Green Party says. 

Evidence that shows Aotearoa has one of the worst tax systems in the world for reducing inequality needs urgent attention, the Green Party says. 

The Conservative Party in the UK has ditched its inflationary tax cuts, and the National Party should do the same. 

A new report out today provides all evidence the Government needs to start addressing runaway inequality and rebalance Aotearoa to work for everyone.

What the Government should now do is reverse the cuts the National Party Government made to KiwiSaver incentives, the Green Party says.

Following years of political pressure from the Green Party the Government will finally exclude public transport subsidies from the fringe benefit tax.