We have a fuel crisis in New Zealand, and it is not only hurting all private and business consumers, but it will also drive inflation back up to an uncomfortable level seen only a year or so ago. We believe the government's action to give targeted relief to working families is completely misguided and does not address the farming community, tradies, transportation of goods and services across our nation or the individual who has no dependents living with them.
Right now, we are witnessing the final death rattles of the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA); they know their time has come. Why? Because technology has surpassed and overtaken the dated act that is the Broadcasting Act 1989. When the act was written, they did not Invision the internet age and how the broadcasting boundaries have moved into a different age.
New Zealand is at an environmental and economic crossroads over fisheries. The question is whether bottom trawling should continue. Balance believes that decision must be practical, balanced, and based on evidence from New Zealand and overseas. That is the approach behind our fisheries policy.