$2.5m in donations from the property industry to political parties since 2021. 97% of which has gone to National, Act & NZ First.
$2.5m in donations from the property industry to political parties since 2021. 97% of which has gone to National, Act & NZ First.
In my view, it’s OK. I know it creates problems with govt’s trying to get things done in 1-2 years to avoid spending lots in an election year. But the importance of electoral accountability cannot be overstated.
It wouldn’t be the end of the world moving to 4 years, but I don’t think it’ll fix most of the problems supporters are arguing it will. And if you ask politicians, of course they’ll say they want longer (especially if they’re currently in power, or about to be).
Do you know the reasoning behind the recommendation? presumably they looked at these impacts.
Maybe we should have yearly elections, so we can have lists of things to do in the first 100 days, then Christmas, then back to campaigning for the next election. Might get more done 😆
I think their recommendation was for a referendum, they didn’t specifically endorse increasing the term.