ACC bill passed!

[Tubbsy]

Sorry if this has already been posted. Got this of the ZM radio website.

"Heated debate as ACC amendment Bill passed

25/02/2010 05:36

Fiscal management at ACC has dominated debate as new laws reducing the scope of cover and entitlements have been passed in Parliament.

MPs last night voted 64 to 58 in favour of amendments to ACC laws, with the Government having the numbers to make the changes it has been after, with the support of ACT and United Future.

Labour MP Maryan Street disputed government criticism of the way ACC has been managed. She says a PricewaterhouseCoopers report found ACC is run more efficiently than any other compensation scheme in the world.

But ACC Minister Nick Smith maintains the changes had to be made or else the public would be facing even bigger ACC levy increases. He says opposition MPs are in a state of denial about ACC's diire financial situation.

He says they seem ignorant of the financial pressure that would have been imposed on businesses, if changes to ACC had not been made.

Motorcycle riders will be hit hard by the changes. Bikers' Rights says people with motorcycles over 600CC will pay $140 more, while those with motorcycles under 600CC will be forking out $100 more.

Wellington branch president Brent Hutchison says it's unfair motorcyclists are being singled out. He says the organisation is keeping up the battle and will continue campaigning until the Government realises adding $30 to a car but $140 to a motorcycle is ridiculous."

[FJRider]

The changes are not just affecting motorcyclists ... some serious changes to ACC policy. Most ... not all bad ...

Here's the link ...

http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-sto...ident-victims/

[crazyhorse]

Yeah, I saw it on the news this morning Lucky for me, I registered mine last week at the old price

[Pixie]

Yeah, I saw it on the news this morning Lucky for me, I registered mine last week at the old price

These are changes to the ACC act.
The levy changes come in in June

[crazyhorse]

These are changes to the ACC act.
The levy changes come in in June

Yeah I knew that - but whose to say they don't proportion your registration from June onwards ??

[Swoop]

Fiscal mis-management at ACC has dominated debate...

Fixed your quote for ya...

[Cayman911]

I guess this is their lovely way of thanking us for making less pollution (for all the greenies out there), congestion and not to mention the parking spaces saved.

[Big Dave]

I wonder how close this is to what they actually set out to achieve - at the on-set.
Idle speculation - reckon they had a circle around $200 to start with and under-estimated the resistance. Then decided $140 is the 'not worth the trouble' threshold.

[Bren]

Well, I am a fuckin idiot....!!!!

I helped get National into power and all they are doing is screwing me fron behind...I would have been better off going into the slammer if I wanted to get screwed like this...!!!

What with ACC and GST it makes National a big SOB!!!

[slofox]

I heard Dickhead Smith on National Radio this morning STILL bleating on about ACC's "financial losses"...WHAT financial losses? Lying bastard...

[Big Dave]

http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.co...comes-law.html

[R6_kid:Me]

From the mouth where shit commeth:

Dr Smith said if he had not made changes to the scheme, levies would have risen to levels people could not pay and he had managed to cut the increases in half.

"Can New Zealanders afford an extra $74 per car...can New Zealanders afford an additional $300 for the earners levy for someone on the average wage, can businesses afford a 25 percent increase in their levies on April ?" he said.


It's all about positioning. I guess as motorcyclists we are all above average New Zealanders and therefore able to cope with an extra $100+ per motorcycle.

[avgas]

Its pretty simple for me. SRX is already on hold, FZR will go on hold when it expires.
The best way to stop a shark is to stop bleeding into the water. I want ACC gone now - and I think the rest of you once you have talked to private insurers will want them gone too. Would rather pay them another $200/year than ACC.

[Mikkel]

From the mouth where shit commeth:

Dr Smith said if he had not made changes to the scheme, levies would have risen to levels people could not pay and he had managed to cut the increases in half.

"Can New Zealanders afford an extra $74 per car...can New Zealanders afford an additional $300 for the earners levy for someone on the average wage, can businesses afford a 25 percent increase in their levies on April ?" he said.


It's all about positioning. I guess as motorcyclists we are all above average New Zealanders and therefore able to cope with an extra $100+ per motorcycle.

That's what gets my back up the most. Throwing ridiculous figures around that obviously does not make sense. $74 per car - just normal registered passenger cars - would equate over 220 million dollars.

The real question is whether can we afford to turn ACC into something else than what it was intended to be?

[ukusa]

Its pretty simple for me. SRX is already on hold, FZR will go on hold when it expires.
The best way to stop a shark is to stop bleeding into the water. I want ACC gone now - and I think the rest of you once you have talked to private insurers will want them gone too. Would rather pay them another $200/year than ACC.

My bike will be going on hold over winter. I don't need it to go to work, but I'll still use it on a fine weekend coz I haven't been pulled up for years so not too worried.
I already have a diesel Ute with rego on hold. I do less than 1000 kms a year in it & my last statement showed the ACC component was a little over $300. Don't see why I should pay exorbitant amounts for so few kms. I've always been a supporter of taxing the fuel (or milage on diesels) for this type of thing, it's fairer.