Labor has once again pledged to keep the retirement age at 65.
He stepped up his offensive line against the KMT and the ACT at the party convention that started this weekend.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Grant Robertson seated Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Ceproni at the party convention and told hundreds of Labor delegates that the National Government would be a “cutting coalition”.
“Tax cuts, service cuts, cutting back on the progress we’ve made as a country.”
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Mr Ceproni unveiled Labor’s first electoral policy. This was to keep retirement benefits the same, while comparing them with the policies of the National Party and the ACT.
National’s policy was to raise the eligibility age for superannuation in stages from 2037 to 67, while ACT will receive superannuation at a rate of two months per year from 2023/24. The plan was to raise the eligibility age in stages to 67.
Ardern has stood firm in 2021, saying the retirement age cannot be raised while in office, despite a Treasury Department report warning that future debt will be unsustainable.
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Carmel Ceproni speaking at the 2023 Labor Convention at the Michael Fowler Center.
Robertson also said the 2022 OECD New Zealand economic survey recommended raising the eligibility age of 65 in relation to life expectancy, but Labor would not raise the age.
Mr Seproni said on Saturday that New Zealand’s retirement policy was “a stable and consistent set-up, no one is missing out and New Zealanders can look forward to retirement now and in the future under a Labor government”. rice field.
“By keeping NZsuper in its current configuration, Labor is providing New Zealanders with certainty about their retirement income,” she said.
Mr. Ceproni said National and ACT were “out of touch,” echoing Robertson’s comments last week over National’s stance on the $5 prescription policy.
She also made a clear commitment that Labor will keep winter energy payments indefinitely and continue government contributions to the NZ Super Fund.
MPs insisted throughout the first day of parliament to keep the National Party and the ACT in their sights.
Earlier, Labor Deputy Leader Kelvin Davis warned that “everything is at stake”.
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Grant Robertson compared the opposition to Marvel Comics.
“As we head into the October elections, it’s important to understand how the opposition in Congress is now threatening what we have built,” Davis said.
Robertson described Opposition as “like Chris Luxon as Captain Cliché and sidekick David Seymour as Reverse Robin Hood, like the crappiest Marvel Comics ever.”
“Steal from the poor and give to the rich. And don’t get me wrong, if there is a national/ACT government, David Seymour wants to play a big role.”
“Labor will never need to use AI to create images of Pacific people to appear to have community support,” Ceproni said.
Another theme of the conference was to paint a picture of what kind of person Chris Hipkins is.
Davis told the story of Hipkins going to Kaikohe’s Lent Pie bakery during Waitangi week to buy “Labor Party caviar, also known as sausage rolls.”
“Chris Hipkins is not only relaxed and approachable, but sincere and genuine. No AI needed.”
In response, National finance spokesman Nicola Willis said Labor was more interested in political attacks “rather than rebuilding our country”.
“The Labor Party should present New Zealanders with a plan to overcome the cost of living crisis. Rather, they are too busy trying to score cheap political points through hypocritical intimidation.
“We are committed to ensuring universal access to pensions is protected and financially sustainable into the future so that future generations of New Zealanders can enjoy the same benefits.” she said.
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National’s plan is to gradually raise the eligibility age. Grant Robertson (center) compared National to Marvel Comics. Chris Hipkins, on the right, is depicted as “real and real… no need for AI.”
Willis said National’s plan to gradually raise the eligibility age to 67 would start adjusting in 2044, “20 years after the bill was passed.”
Mr Willis said it was a smart change to reflect the fact that New Zealanders are living longer.
The ACT also objected to the rough calculations Labor used to lay out what New Zealanders could lose under the opposition’s policies. This means that a 30-year-old with an annual income of $78,527 will have about $100,000 in government pension contributions by the time he retires, compounded.
The figure assumes that National agrees with the ACT’s policy of cutting government contributions and that National raises the retirement age to 67. Also, wage inflation and other policies of the National Government and the ACT, such as tax cuts, are not taken into account.
ACT leader David Seymour accused Labor of being “either economically ignorant or dishonest in ignoring the ACT’s generous tax cuts for working families”.
“The ACT’s tax cuts dwarf the spending cuts Labor is working on because it cuts government waste and makes all the breadwinners richer,” he said. rice field.
