15 July 2009

Gone

A brief list, not. But also not a full list of all that has gone since National took office.

Research and Development Tax Credits, presenting the biggest tax increase ever to NZ business
Fast Forward Innovation Fund
Emissions Trading Scheme
Billion dollar retrofitting of houses
Proposal for huge state house building project
Funding to Community Housing Aotearoa,
A billion dollars every year. (This amount to be borrowed every year and given to the most wealthy, described as tax cuts)
Employer contributions to Kiwi Saver
Employment rights for employees in firms of 20 or fewer staff during first 90 days
Plans for urgent upgrading of Kiwi Rail
Options for only healthy food in school canteens
Biofuel percentage in petrol
Legislation to ensure coal and gas generators are not built
Research for equal pay for female Social Workers
Security of the Commerce Commission
Parts of Resource Management Act
Security of the Cullen Fund
High level elected public officials
Plans for early intervention
Film fund
Funding for Dyslexia
Funding for special needs
Community Education
Mayoral Task Force for jobs
Enterprising Community funding for jobs
Jobs in Ministry of Social Development
Unit for sexually abused children
Jobs in Ministry of Ag and fish-biosecurity
Tertiary Ed Commission jobs
National Library jobs
NZ Post jobs
Regional Fuel Tax
Enviroschools jobs
Legal Aid Funding
Training Incentive Allowance
Misson On (Now Misson gone)
$37M from health promotion services
$2.3M cancer control
$4.8m Lets get checked diabetes programme
$3M Heart budget
Ability to resit NCEA more than once gone
Apprenticeship funding
ACC Physiotherapy Funding
Signalled $50M cut to teacher staffing budgets for state schools from 2010-equivalent to 700 teachers
Funding to Auckland's combined Beneficiaries Union
Slashing of tertiary funds used for service delivery being salaries
Slashing of tertiary Tripartite Funding
Professional Development for teaches $35.779M removed
School Support Programmes $6.005M removed
Curriculum Support Programmes $11.701M removed
Pathways to Partnership Funding slashed.
Funding reduction to Environmental groups

and at least 1000 people losing their jobs every week.