So not only did those benefitting from the Fast Track plans donate $500 000 to the Government, the board set up to pick the winners was also stacked…
Most fast-track panellists picked by ministers, political parties
Most members of the fast-track independent advisory group were put forward by ministers and political parties, not government agencies.
The advisory group selected infrastructure and development projects to be included in fast-track legislation. These projects include 19 mining or quarrying projects, seven aquaculture projects, 58 housing projects, 43 infrastructure projects and 22 renewable energy projects. The bill would allow some of these projects to go ahead more quickly, without community consultation.
Minister for RMA Reform Chris Bishop had described the process the group followed to pick the projects as “completely insulated from ministers”.
“Other than setting the group up and giving them a mandate, we didn’t have anything to do with that process.”
While the process may have been independent of ministers, it appears the selection of the independent advisory group members was heavily influenced by ministers and parties, despite the impression many had that nominations would be sought from government agencies.
…some of the projects green lighted are nothing more than toxic environmental vandalism…
Serious concerns ignored in Govt’s fast track bill – Labour
Fast-Track, off the rails: Submitters show strong opposition to Bill – Greens
Select Committee Report: No Let-Up In The Government’s War On Nature – Environmental Defence Society
…so the donors get their projects through via a stacked process while limiting environmental, community and Māori voices in the process.
This while the planet melts!
The naked corruption of this should shame us all.
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The MOST corrupt NZ government of my lifetime, and that includes Muldoon!
Key’s government was just as bad, worse even, but Key was a more polished liar than any of this lot.
There is only 2 years left of this Coalition Government term .Governments are voted out not in so if what is started by this current team is against the majorities will then all projects will be stopped in their tracks.
It needs to be remembered that a government rules for the majority and I believe most want well paid secure jobs which come with the likes of mining and other heavy industry. This can be done with less damage to the environment than was the case before.
The vote in 2026 will show how the people think.
Unfortunately a lot of people don’t think or believe the drivel that comes from the likes of the 1ZB dickheads. Trevor you can’t bring yourself to acknowledge this looks dodgy because it is.
You lost me at “well paid secure jobs” when the reality is the opposite under this government. Those having lost jobs will vote this corrupt mob out.
Trevor conveniently forgets National promote low wage economies and thus why most kiwis go overseas to earn better money and immigrants like himself come to NZ not for the money but the lifestyle. That is the sad truth. Bill English even admitted it.
After 6 years of Labour the average Civil servant is on $101000 .While we need good people on good money I do not feel many are earning their pay . This also sets the pay for private business. With National cutting the public service those left will be more keen to work hard and smart
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/daughter-claims-fathers-death-at-rotorua-hospital-was-preventable-amid-health-system-strain/TW4NZV65EREMRM5ICRZVPGTA7Q/
The deaths are on Nationals and your hands Trevor. This is what you get with your political view. Your “feels” are irrelevant to those overworked in the health industry you drop kick.
Ignorant fuck.
Coal trucks up and down residential streets for 3 months with 3 more to go, you’re like the Mayor and all Westport ward councillors, who have taken the mine money over the public’s right not to endure a 24/7 blitzkrieg – Implemented to break the people’s spirit. and deny them a fucking nights sleep.
Any Barristers reading on here? I have a job for you.
Agreed. I’ve just received an update on the SH1 northland project: Major progress on delivering a dual carriageway as far north as Marsden Port!
Delivering what people want is what it’s all about.
Delivering what your donors want you mean simple Andrew, meanwhile the people suffer as National axe jobs at will.
It will never happen any time soon as the business case says there is not enough traffic to justify a 4 lane road .25000 vehicles might travel to Warkworth on a good day but only 10000 make it to Whangarei on that same good day .Most are heading to Mangawhai or turn left before the Brenderwyns and head west .
The mines if they ever get going will only employ a few hundred at best and only provide another billion to GDP at the most to Quote Jones when he says he wants to double exports from mining .Currently we export 1 billion worth of coal and the like .Hardly a massive industry is it .The off shore sea bed mining company has already halved their earnings from a billion to half a billion which in turn end up at half that amount because the so called rare vanadium is only worth $50 a ton .
But people like Trevor are brainwashed into believing what the right sell him. Mining is good, so good the Westport is now a city.
It’s still a shit hole, just a shit hole with truck and trailers full of coal, running through it day and night.
Simple really ,the more they feed to the top 10% the bigger the donation next election .
We need to create more bottom feeders so we have someone to bash and exploit and call lazy bastards
The question is why is this legal? I don’t need to feel ashamed, I need to be protected by law against this type of money for favours grifting. It should be as illegal as insider trading, with the same consequences. Jail. Something is very wrong with our legal system for this fast track bullshit to occur. Same goes for Gumboot Friday leapfrogging due funding process. What about Dave Lelete’s food bank closing because he needs a million? Soooo wrong.
At least shit will get done. With Lefties in charge, fuck all gets done.
Jonzie – Except your civil rights being suppressed.
Yeah whatever. We need highways to move those civil right around.
Oh dear, Jonzie Krauts gone full Muppet on us.
Good pun and it certainly turned out to be very apt.
Whatever gets done, it definitely will be ‘S__T’ and will cost more to clean up later than we’ll have made from it.
The clean up, let’s call it filling in a hole, adds to the GDP same as digging the hole in the first place. But its odds on the clean up will be paid by taxpayers from the welfare for mine owners fund. Pike River.
Imaging the Greens in charge of the country.It has taken them 6 months to get rid of a corrupt member . We would have no allies and tourists would be made to feel unwelcome landlords would sell up and businesses would move off shore.
At least with Labour they only pretend to care.
Hoe long did it take to get rid of Jamie Lee Ross, how long did it take to get rid of John Key, how long did it take to get rid of Sam Uffindell…oh wait?
National DON’T care, at least we know that much.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pm-christopher-luxon-puts-mp-andrew-bayly-on-notice-in-latest-case-of-mps-behaving-boorishly-claire-trevett/KT2XTMLYKNGZPGZVGD6FIZXKGY/
Another one of your fine examples Trev?
And stop repeating yourself, you sound just like another whinging Pome.
I know you’re not one for due process Trev, fast track everything by any means, corruption, narcissism, illegal means. You have no integrity and never will.
Thats why the last government had 4 hospital projects underway along with the ferries and the new Manawatu hawksbay road .Add to that all the work being done on state hiway 1 from Karapiro to Waiuru .These road projects were planned and funded by the previous government not this lot of losers who have actually done nothing but spend 6 months cancelling every project because they did not think of them .
Remember the record time to build the new bridge on state hi way 25 in coromandle .Shall I go on or is that too much for you to digest .
What a ridiculous statement. Why not “ at least the poms got a few days at the beach at Dunkirk. And guess what nothing has been “done” yet.
The Government are obviously wanting to get their more controversial policies in place early in their term spending the latter part with sweeteners.Its an age old political tactic.
After 6 years of Labour the average Civil servant is on $101000 .While we need good people on good money I do not feel many are earning their pay . This also sets the pay for private business. With National cutting the public service those left will be more keen to work hard and smart
Political Roundup: Auditor-General damns Govt’s charity funding processes.
So what’s the governments corrupt response Trevor? Seymour want’s to do away with the Auditor Generals office. Your dictatorship government has no integrity.
We need Wheel at the wheel. That’s when NZ will thrive
Jonzie I don’t think the roads are the projects that require cash to be handed over to ministers. Unless that’s the trucking industry donating. That might explain getting rid of rail enabled ferries and the associated infrastructure. That’s despite the data, which these wankers claim they base decisions on, pointing to rail.
government out of business, business out of government.
the kiss principle should strictly apply to governance and representation. so many effing politicians telling us to do too much. does anyone even know who they are? set and forget the mother fucking thing and get rid of the middle layer of management.
allow human systems to decide themselves. managerial classes should be managing and not deciding.