The Green Party says it will create 284,000 jobs over four years as part of its nearly $6 billion economic development plan.
That is 64,000 more jobs than Treasury currently forecasts.
Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said that was possible thanks to investment in transport, clean energy and “truly repairing the fundamentals and developing the future” – borrowing National’s campaign slogan.
Chlöe Swarbrick and Marama Davidson.
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“We will make sure Government financial investment and rewards drive us where all of us wish to go: greater earnings, continual research study and development, much better education, resistant facilities, healthy nature and a nation we can be pleased with.”
The plan includes:
- rescoping the Government’s “directionless” Investment Boost (which allows businesses a 20 percent tax deduction on big-ticket items) and creating “Development Boost”, focused on incentivising productive investment that aligns with industry policy objectives, decarbonisation and decent work principles
- creating fellowships for early- and mid-career science researchers and technical specialists (linked to industry policy objectives to support a stable public science workforce)
- creating a coordinated funding pathway that helps businesses move from experimentation and research through to commercialisation and scaling
- restoring core science operating funding following budget cuts, working towards aligning research and development spend to 3 percent of gross domestic product (it is currently 1.5 percent)
- using public purchasing power to buy New Zealand made
- boosting funding for tertiary research, innovation and capacity (including restoring funding for initiatives like the centres of vocational excellence).
Co-leader Marama Davidson said the country has no shortage of talent, creativity and hard work “whether it’s in a South Auckland garage or a laboratory in Otago”.
“What’s missing out on is the masterplan to turn it into excellent tasks, greater salaries and a fairer economy.”
Marama Davidson.
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