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工党经济发展事务发言人大卫•康立夫 (David Cunliffe)
政府2012 财政预算案显示国家党对经济发展的资金削减将会三倍于他们大吹特吹要增拨的R&D研发基金 (Research and Development) 。

科学和研发部增加了 $0.4亿但经济发展部却减了$1.3亿。这表明新部门  (MoBIE) （企业，研发和职业部门） 甚至还没成立就面临资金被减 $0.9亿。

这四年来国家党所领导的经济发展持续下滑。

2012财政预算案的庞大而不合理的削减证实增拨研发基金只是为了掩人耳目，转移对其真实目的的注意力――他们的真正计划不是投资，而是毫无远见的紧缩政策。

国家党多年来对经济发展的一长串漂亮承诺都是空头支票。国家党目前为止没有一个可信的经济发展的计划。

政府对坎特伯雷漠不关心，对各地区漠不关心， 而最新披露的出口产业下滑了17%的数据也明显说明政府对发展海外市场也无所谓。

新合并的大部门MOBIE也将会因经济发展部长Steven Joyce的政治圈套而失败。

明年，相关部门的官员将要忙着替部长解决他隐瞒的所有麻烦，把预算里剩下的钱（已经不多了）花在一些无意义的诸如品牌重塑之类的项目上――如为停车场做新标牌。

政府2012 财政预算案将会把小企业赶尽杀绝， 人们将失去工作，更多纽西兰人将挥别祖国离境往海外发展。

国家党经济发展部的削减：

• 为经济增长和稳定度与改善公共部门的采购的新经济发展策略将会削减 $2500万
• 发展早期股权融资的Seed Co-investment Fund 将会削减 $1320万
• 创造更多新企业的 Venture Investment Fund（合资企业投资资金）将会削减 $400万
• 区域和产业发展的Regional and Industry Fund（区域和企业资金）将会削减 $370万
• 纽西兰贸发局协助往日本，中国，印度出口的出口产业者准入市场资金将会削减 $360万
• 纽西兰企业到往在中国，印度的高发展新兴市场的资助金将会削减 $340万
• 资助国际性的大规模活动， 像世界杯橄榄球赛, 英联邦运动会将会削减 $110万
• 资助受地震影响的坎特伯雷企业将会削减 $100万

David
CUNLIFFE

Economic Development Spokesperson

28 May 2012                                               MEDIA STATEMENT

Growth engine choked

Budget documents reveal National’s cuts to economic development are three times greater than the loudly-trumpeted increases in R&D funding, Labour’s Economic Development spokesperson David Cunliffe says.

“Vote Science and Innovation has increased by $40 million, but Vote Economic Development has been slashed by $130 million from 2012/12, meaning that $90 million has been cut from new Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MoBIE) before it has even been formed.

“After siphoning all the gas out of the economy for four years, National’s growth engine has finally given up the ghost.

“These large and irrational cuts prove the increase in science funding is a cynical ploy to detract from National’s underlying agenda – visionless contraction, instead of investment.”

“National has published endless laundry lists of glib aspirational statements, but it has never come up with a credible economic development plan,” David Cunliffe said.

“The Government doesn’t care about Canterbury, it doesn’t care about the regions, and with the recently-revealed 17 percent crash in exports it’s obvious it has been doing nothing to develop offshore markets either.

“MoBIE was always going to be a disaster, because the due diligence which led to its creation was a 16 page political sham courtesy of Steven Joyce.

“Officials will spend the next year ironing out all the problems which the Minister hid under the carpet, and wasting the remaining (much smaller) budget on pointless rebranding exercises such as new signage for the carparks.

“Meanwhile small businesses will go under, people will lose their jobs, and New Zealand will wave goodbye to another 50,000 kiwis at the departure lounge,” said David Cunliffe.
 
National’s Vote Economic Development cuts include:

$25 million for the development initiatives to achieve economic growth and stability, and improved public sector procurement;

$13.2 million from the Seed Co-investment Fund, established to develop the market for early stage equity finance – that’s a massive two-thirds cut;

$4 million from the Venture Investment Fund, established to increase the rate of formation of new businesses;

$3.7 million from the Regional and Industry Development Fund;

$3.6 million of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise market access assistance for exporters to Japan and the high-growth emerging markets in China and India;

$3.4 million in assistance to New Zealand firms entering high-growth emerging markets in China and India;

$1.1 million support for special events of international scale, such as the Rugby World Cup and the Commonwealth Games.

$1 million to support earthquake-affected Canterbury businesses.