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@taniwharugby he's yet to actually reveal jack-shit imo. The bullying claims against him by his own staff are interesting and it sounds more and more like an entitlement issue and not being a big fish in parliament. If there is evidence the the folks involved need to be held to account but so far? 🤷♂️
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They said two clients in China who have Queenstown rental properties but have never lived in New Zealand got the first $116 payment.
"I told them to repay. It's not their fault they've received the money."
The Government has no idea how many overseas investors got the cash.
"Well we'll never know with certainty," Revenue Minister David Parker said.
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
They said two clients in China who have Queenstown rental properties but have never lived in New Zealand got the first $116 payment.
"I told them to repay. It's not their fault they've received the money."
The Government has no idea how many overseas investors got the cash.
"Well we'll never know with certainty," Revenue Minister David Parker said.
Bin them. Handouts gone mad
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@canefan Not ideal, but if you were going to give the payment it sort of makes sense to get it out quickly while it can do some good (not that I think it does) rather than waste time auditing the recipient list. Given the productivity of ministry admin staff probably saves money too.
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@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@canefan Not ideal, but if you were going to give the payment it sort of makes sense to get it out quickly while it can do some good (not that I think it does) rather than waste time auditing the recipient list. Given the productivity of ministry admin staff probably saves money too.
It felt like a political stunt. Still does
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@taniwharugby speaking of which it has only taken 24 hours for the govt to climbdown over putting GST on Kiwisaver contributions
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Nga Kete is a residential facility where people on bail facing charges pay nearly $19,000 for a 12-week programme including treatment for drug and alcohol addiction.
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Pretty clear message sent by voters in most of the main centres today. I may not live in Dunedin, but I was thrilled to see Hawkins dropped.
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@Smudge said in NZ Politics:
Pretty clear message sent by voters in most of the main centres today. I may not live in Dunedin, but I was thrilled to see Hawkins dropped.
Auckland is in the mood too. It appears many of those strongly affiliated with Jacinda are going down. Who knew Aucklanders loved their cars so much!
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Voter apathy in Whangarei seemed to win on the day...with the current Mayor stepping aside, the top 2 candidates had 12,000 votes between them with around 60,000 registered to vote in the Whangarei District, and the winner was not who I voted for!!
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@canefan I largely agree re AT but to me Brown comes across as a poor man's Bob Jones.
He's a reactionary with a very chequered political past. Most of his notion seem to me to be outdated.
The sad thing is none of the mayoral candidates inspired much confidence - not that the Mayor of the Akl Council has much real power anyway. If Brown really wants to make a difference, he's going to have to develop a consensus. He just seems too GOM to be able to do that.
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