Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 13, 2024 5:38:28 GMT 12
'EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE' ESTIMATE SUGGESTS $4M COST TO PROGRESS TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL
A conservative estimate suggests it will cost about $4 million to progress the controversial, and doomed, Treaty Principles Bill to a second reading at Parliament.
The estimate, calculated by Council of Trade Unions (CTU) economist Craig Renney, suggests just 12 people would have been working to create the bill since the government was formed in November last year, and includes the legislation passing through a six-month select committee process.
It does not include costs such as contractors, consultants and lawyers, or any involvement from Crown Law, the Waitangi Tribunal, or the Human Rights Commission.
ACT Party leader David Seymour is dismissing the analysis, calling it fabricated.
Renney said his analysis is "extremely conservative".
He said realistically, many more people will be working on the legislation than he has estimated, and costs could be beyond $10m in reality.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527744/extremely-conservative-estimate-suggests-4m-cost-to-progress-treaty-principles-bill
A conservative estimate suggests it will cost about $4 million to progress the controversial, and doomed, Treaty Principles Bill to a second reading at Parliament.
The estimate, calculated by Council of Trade Unions (CTU) economist Craig Renney, suggests just 12 people would have been working to create the bill since the government was formed in November last year, and includes the legislation passing through a six-month select committee process.
It does not include costs such as contractors, consultants and lawyers, or any involvement from Crown Law, the Waitangi Tribunal, or the Human Rights Commission.
ACT Party leader David Seymour is dismissing the analysis, calling it fabricated.
Renney said his analysis is "extremely conservative".
He said realistically, many more people will be working on the legislation than he has estimated, and costs could be beyond $10m in reality.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527744/extremely-conservative-estimate-suggests-4m-cost-to-progress-treaty-principles-bill