'Bring It on': Hipkins Targets Luxon in Capital Gains Tax Debate

CGT debate turns personal as Hipkins says Luxon earned more from property than being PM

'Bring it on': Hipkins targets Luxon in capital gains tax debate

The Labour leader said he was more than happy to debate the Prime Minister about his personal finances.

Alliance Says Labour Leaked Capital Gains Tax Policy Is More Of The “Long Snooze”

The Alliance Party says the Labour Party’s leaked capital gains tax (CGT) policy fails to address Aotearoa New Zealand’s profound inequality and infrastructure crisis. Alliance spokesperson Tom Roud says Labour’s plan is a weak and compromised effort that continues the “long snooze of Chris Hipkins.” He says New Zealanders are crying out for bold leadership and alternatives to the disastrous recession created by the ACT-dominated Luxon Governmen…

Labour’s capital gains NZ tax gamble – from leak to launch

COMMENTARY: By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor It was hardly a dream debut for Labour’s long-awaited, much-argued-over tax package for Aotearoa New Zealand. What was meant to be a carefully choreographed reveal of a capital gains tax (CGT) later this week instead arrived early — leaked to RNZ over the long weekend and hastily confirmed by Chris Hipkins this morning. In his media conference at Parliament, Labour’s leader downpla…