At a conference in Wellington BestInBounds begins to detail elements of National’s economic policy.

As always it’s a busy day on the campaign trail - but thank you for all joining me today. Now the focus shifts from Maori to Economic policy as i touch on various aspects of our economic policy. I won’t be covering the entire policy due to its enormity however various other National members will be covering our economic policy today as well.

“Efficient Economics” is what we are striving for. In order to do this the government plans on reviewing the current superannuation scheme with the focus of saving 3.5 billion dollars which we can then spend elsewhere to where the money is most needed. Tax reform is on the agenda as well - we want Kiwis to keep as much money as possible while also making the taxation process as simple as possible to complete and understand. We'll support a broad base, low rate tax system which will still enable us to maintain and improve our high standard of living - without overtaxing and punising everday kiwis for the crime of working hard. As well as this we'll index tax thresholds to the cost of living so that to ensure that kiwis aren't put under unessecary tax burden. As a party we will fight for everday kiwis and their right to their hard earned monry - which is why we won't introduce any new taxes or tax increases. The current system punishes success and rewards laziness. It creates disincentives to work and erodes the Kiwi ideals that we hold dear. Reforming council rates to go through central government following the dissolution of local governmemt is yet another step by us to cut the "red tape" so to speak and unessecary beaucracy and make life easier for everyone. Reintroduction of spending targets for Health, Education and Law and Order are a further commitment to ensuring government resources are used in the most effective and effecient way possible. Reimplementing the social investment approach - which has largely been abandoned by recent governmemts - to govrnment expenditure is also high on our list. By applying evidence based investment to where its most needed we can better target and improve the areas, services or groups that need our help and funding the most. Accountability is another important consideration for National. Amending the Public finance act to improve reporting of all government spending as part of annual processes. We as legislators and as governors of the lives of every day Kiwis should make this information readibly accessable to the public as a matter of course - transparency and accountability are fundamental features of modern governance and National aims to promote that in every way possible.

I'll also quickly touch on a few elements of buisness and investment before rounding off. We want to promote and aid buisnesses both large and small in our economic policy. The establishment of a small buisnesses payment guarantee is a part of this - this is a voluntary initiative commtiting non for profit orgs and large NZ buisnesses to ensure they pay small buisnesses on time and within 30 days. We acknowledge the liquidity issues small firms face and we want to provide a measure of aid that well help keep small buisnesses afloat and encourage them to grow and develop. We will work to continue the development of Kiwi buisnesses by ensuring that they have access to to capital through an increased flow of investment, a skilled and willing workforce, a strong and innovative creative sector with access to natural resources  access to global markets, and of course world class infastructure. Unlike our counterparts in government we give a damn about NZ buisness - a vote for national is a vote for the facilitation, encouragement and suport of buisness enterprise. We'll fight to oppose any capital gains taxes and repeal two regulations for every one introduced, indicative of our commitment to making life easier for kiwis. Because that is what governments should do - instead of introducing tax upon tax and increasing brackets which harm hard working New Zealanders.

We'll introduce a mandatory quality cost benefit analysis for any major regulation - as should be the norm so that when beaucracy is added - it isn't to the wider detriment of buisness. In addition to this we'll require future government and regulatory agencies to undertake at least one regulatory simplification process every three years that looks at reducing the complexity and number of regulations. A common sense approach to the market is what is needed here and what national will provide so that commerce is not bogged down in the maze of regulation currently existing. Cutting down compliance costs while continuing to meet international obligations regarding anti-money laundering regulations is on our agenda as we take away additional unessecary costs.

I have not covered nearly our entire economic policy - and I have colleagues far more well versed than I am but I hope I have shown that National provides a clear and succint economoc policy that will help all New Zealanders. We'll fight for your right to keep your hard earned money, and we'll fight to ensure that the regulations in place are not unnessecarily complex and are easily understandable. Unlike the current greens goverment we will fight for transparency and accountability at every level so that you know how we spend your money.

Lets get it right. Vote National.