.....as they always do.
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...for-quarantine
Sensible policy - charge returnees as NSW is already.
Anyone who intends to return to NZ better do so by September 2020.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12349183
And on cue, the party which was hoping to sail through the election without any policies has agreed to implement the policy!
Comrade Cindy 🐒 spreading her woke pixie dust to head off Crusher Collins? 🚜
Charging for managed isolation has been on Labour’s agenda since April, but as Megan Woods says "National's stated commitment to a charging regime is a good sign there will be widespread parliamentary support for such a move.”
Earlier today it was revealed that anyone who arrived in New Zealand from October 3 would be charged a $3000 fee per adult for their managed isolation if National wins the election. Interesting to see National and Labour have similar thinking.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12349183
It is a change of policy because National Party leader Todd Muller was against the Government charging Kiwi residents or citizens for the cost of Covid-19 quarantine or self-isolation.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...t-appears-keen
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...arantine-costs
Labour and National both want to reform the RMA, more similar thinking.
In July last year the Government launched a comprehensive overhaul of the Resource Management Act (RMA) to cut complexity and costs and better enable urban development, while also improving protection of the environment.
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/comprehensive-overhaul-rma
The final report to the Minister is now on track to be delivered in late June. It was originally scheduled to be released at the end of May but due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic response, it has been slightly delayed.
https://www.mfe.govt.nz/rmreview
Judith Collins promises to abolish RMA. The RMA fast-track legislation passed in response to Covid-19 provides a useful interim framework, but is too limited, she said.
If elected National will make far more extensive use of the Labour’s fast-track act.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12348810
The biggest issue I've run into with respect to the RMA is that it is being used as a tool to bludgeon another party. For example, one supermarket lodged an objection under the RMA against a competitor attempting to establish an operation near them. Ultimately they lost the case in the EC, however by this time several years and hundreds of thousands of dollars had been spent in legal costs.
A personal example is one neighbour to a development lodging an official objection while simultaneously agreeing to remove the objection if $75K was paid to them for loss of value to their property, not officially quantified. Six others, immediately located next door in more effected positions, did not object.
Those are some of issues that need to be addressed in the RMA from my perspective.
We are a lightly regulated country compared to somewhere like Australia, uk, council rules in most areas. Im generally happy with how things are myself and these issues can be managed easily enough.
National don't want to, only labour may be able to be trusted on that. Since they dont need to motivate themselves with policies like this.