The honeymoon for New Zealand's new opposition leader may be over, with a series of testing interviews putting chrisluxonmp on the spot over tax, inflation and equality. 7NEWS
The honeymoon for New Zealand's new opposition leader may be over, with a series of testing interviews putting Chris Luxon on the spot over tax, inflation and equality.
As New Zealand battles its highest inflation in 30 years, National supports both income tax cuts to fight bracket creep and scrapping the new 39 per cent bracket which kicks in at salaries over $NZ180,000 . "I personally don't but we think it's important to be able to attract people to New Zealand," he told Today FM.
"There is dumb stuff, there is wasteful spending going on ... small actions make up to a big difference," he insisted.Mr Luxon repeatedly said he would scrap a public holiday - suggesting Labour Day - as a retort to Ms Ardern's government introducing a new day off for Matariki, the celebration of the Maori New Year.National is also being challenged to sharpen up its health policy from outright opposition to something more constructive.
National decries the model as separatist, and Mr Luxon says it would "end up creating a massive amount of bureaucracy".
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