Our next 10 priorities to grow NZ business 15 Sep 2014
New Zealand National PartyOur next 10 priorities to grow NZ business
Today I outlined the next steps in National’s Business
Growth Agenda.
Our plan will continue to lift New Zealand’s long-term growth rate and create more opportunities for New Zealanders and their families. It will help to give Kiwi firms the confidence to invest in New Zealand, create jobs, and lift incomes.
A re-elected National Government will focus on these priorities over the next three years:
1. Negotiate and sign Free Trade
Agreements including Korea, Trans-Pacific Partnership, and
the WTO Government Procurement Agreement so our
exporters can compete on an equal footing in other economies
and further lift our exports.
2.
3. Introduce
and pass the Resource Management Act reform package
to provide more certainty, timeliness, and
cost-effectiveness in resource allocation
decisions.
4.
5. Hold Kiwi expat Job Fairs in
Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne to recruit skilled
Kiwis for jobs back in New Zealand and help remove skills
constraints for key sectors of the New Zealand
economy.
6.
7. Deliver more skills relevant
to industry by setting up three new ICT Graduate
Schools across New Zealand and investing to lift the number
of engineering graduates available to
employers.
8.
9. Double the level of business
R&D to 1 per cent of GDP by 2018 so that more of
our innovative high-tech businesses succeed on the world
stage.
10.
11. Lift the footprint of the
Ultra-fast Broadband rollout from 75 per cent to 80 per cent
of New Zealand and extend the Rural Broadband
Initiative so that all parts of New Zealand have
world-leading 21st Century broadband
coverage.
12.
13. Complete the passage of the
Employment Relations Bill to ensure flexible labour
markets that create more jobs for
Kiwis.
14.
15. Deliver Inland Revenue’s
Business Transformation Project and simplify the tax system
for (small and medium-sized businesses) so that New
Zealand businesses spend less time calculating their tax and
more time working on their
business.
16.
17. Accelerate petroleum and
minerals exploration through our new data acquisition
programme so that we increase exploration further
from the $1 billion spent last
summer.
18.
19. Roll out the next stages of
the Roads of National Significance and key regional roading
projects so that we remove chokepoints and improve
the resilience of New Zealand's core land transport
system.
20.
National understands that it is only by
having a strong economy that we can lift opportunities and
incomes for Kiwi families, and provide world-leading public
services. See more of our plan this election
here.
Our Business Growth Agenda, along with our strong economic management and responsible management of the Government’s finances, will help turn the gains of the last few years into a sustained long-term lift in New Zealand's prosperity.
We can only do it with your support. A vote for any other party risks political turmoil and our economy stalling. This Saturday, give your Party Vote to National.
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