$4 billion didn’t use to be ‘chump change’, but it is now under this woeful Labour government.
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The September fiscal update is going to one almighty ugly picture of just how this Hipkins, Ardern & Robertson Labour government has grossly mismanaged the NZ economy.
Takes a lot with less than 2 months to go with the election for Robertson to swallow another dead rat …. and this rat has maggots!
Crime running rampant in hospitals and supermarkets.
Labour/Green voters must be rejoicing as their measure of success is how many criminals (victims of crime too according to St Ardern) are out and about attacking law abiding citizens.
4 police ministers in one year with Hipkins (spread & walk away Chippie) being one, ably assisted by the most woke police commissioner Foster.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...sands-of-times
"Violence and abuse by patients and visitors have forced staff at North Shore and Waitākere hospitals to call security or hit panic buttons thousands of times within a seven-month period."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...JDJE5FQQI376E/
"A supermarket giant says crime has surged in its North Island stores, with more than a thousand incidents a month. The company said it recorded 3900 separate incidents from the start of May to end of July this year, a 59 per cent increase year-on-year, and up almost 19 per cent on the previous quarter. “Serious incidents reported by Foodstuffs stores such as assault, robbery and burglary have more than doubled year on year, and are already up 13 per cent on the last quarter of this year,” the company said this morning."
"Foodstuffs said repeat offenders were involved in more than a third of all incidents across the North Island’s New World, Pak’nSave and Four Square stores."
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‘Labour's sorry not sorry to James Shaw after cuts’…..fall in line Jimmy S, your master Chippy has spoken…..
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ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF
‘Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced cutbacks to their Budget on Monday, promising to shear $4 billion off the Government's books.
Robertson said the majority of the savings would come from cutting consultants, stalling a few non-shovel ready projects, and from reconsidering hiring decisions across the public service.
But about $250 million of that came from the Climate Emergency Response Fund - and nobody gave Climate Minister James Shaw a heads up.
On Tuesday, Robertson said Shaw should have been told about the Government's decision.
"There was a communication breakdown around that. And so I'll have a chat with James and apologise to him for that. He definitely should have known about it," the finance minister said.
But Hipkins wasn't too concerned.
"They're not necessarily all things that are in James's portfolio," he said.
Adding: "Almost every aspect of government activity has an impact on climate change."
He said the cuts in Monday's announcement had been identified by ministers, and the projects scaled back weren't under Shaw's direct control.’
Sorry, James but the climate emergency simply won't plug Grants hole and we have an election to win
The latest from LABGREETEPATI….
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Te Pāti Māori co-leader suspended from House
‘Speaker Adrian Rurawhe says Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi will not be referred to the Privileges Committee, but will face consequences after appearing to breach a suppression order in Parliament last week.
Instead of going to the Privileges Committee, Rurawhe called for a vote in Parliament just before question time on Tuesday. The House voted to suspend Waititi.
That means he can't come to the debating chamber, or vote, for the next 24 hours.
During a verbal vote, all parties apart from Te Pāti Māori appeared to support the suspension. No party vote was called for.
"In his comments, Mr Waititi's conduct was grossly disorderly," Rurawhe said.’
Outrageous, you must be just about the only person on here who doesn't know what this is about, because its the exact opposite of what you claim.
In a democracy don't you think the voting public has a right to know if a senior person in a political party has been charged with a heinous crime before the election, rather having their name suppressed until after the election so voters are kept in the dark purely to protect the political party?
Let voters decide, rather than hiding this from them until after the election.
I can't blame Rawiri Waititi for shining some light on this, for too long these perverts & deviants who are wealthy or with powerful connections have been protected & abuse has been swept under the carpet in this country.
It's not about the particular content of his words, rather the action itself.
You're sounding a lot like Stuart Nash, few would deny he had good intentions but ultimately he committed an unforgivable error of judgement.
You’re practically breaking the suppression order too Blue Skies, because you intimated you had knowledge of this individual and case prior to Waititi making his comments in Parliament. So you are obviously in possession of information that regular members of the public did not have prior to Waititi’s outrageous comments in the house.
You are old enough and seemingly intelligent enough to know that any person accused of alleged offences has a right to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty - and the right to a fair trial.
I find all of your comments on this matter to be absolutely disgraceful. You clearly have contempt for the justice system, for the right of judges to make suppression orders, for the right of accused individuals to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, and also for the standing orders under which Parliament conducts its business.
Is this what we can now expect from the Labour supporting left? That - because Waititi is now vital to Labours hopes of clinging to power - he will be supported and excused no matter what he does? If so, it’s a jolly poor show.