Labour Demands Answers Over Luxon Corporate Lobbying
Labour is demanding answers over Luxon corporate lobbying after briefings from Fonterra and Z Energy about blocking climate lawsuits surfaced through court action, not transparency from the Prime Minister’s Office.
Christopher Luxon should explain how meetings between private companies and his office came to light only through court action, and whether other such meetings have gone unrecorded.
“Kiwis deserve to know why information from lobbyists to the Prime Minister’s Office only came to light through court action,” Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said.
“New Zealanders expect the Prime Minister and his office to act in the public interest. Kiwis will be wondering if the PM’s office have been working behind closed doors with private corporations to rewrite the rules in their favour.
“Not releasing the existence of meetings and a briefing document between private companies and the Prime Minister’s staff raises serious questions about transparency, accountability, and whose interests this Government is really serving.
“The Official Information Act exists so the public can see how decisions are being made. At this stage we don’t have the full picture, but if documents were withheld to hide lobbying by companies for legislative changes, that strikes at the heart of open government.
“Kiwis deserve to know what was discussed, who was involved, and if promises were made behind closed doors,” Chris Hipkins said.
Yes, absolutely. There have been continual lies, more corruption than ever before, and this will continue until our lying, blinkered PM wakes up to the fact that we can all see the ‘real’ person he has become and will continue to be if allowed to! Time for Luxon to shut his trap – no one is interested in the non stop flowing of garbage that pours from it. When I read today on RNZ that $1m in political donations, from fast-track hopefuls, has been donated almost exclusively to National and NZF, it disgusted me. Even RNZ are finally seeing who the CHEATS are so how come the RW enablers still can’t or won’t see it? So Luxon and Peters are now well exposed as unsavory, deceitful, conniving rat bags! How about they apologise to the NZ people, then do the honorable thing and quit!!!