Oh well, that makes up for all the funding cuts and damage you’ve caused the disabled community you ghouls
National announced a crack down on disabled parking to make you forget they had just burnt the Disabled by smashing their Ministry and throwing them to the cruelty of the scumbags at MSD.
They played the exact same game when Simeon Brown announced a crack down on drink driving while quietly cutting the road policy budget from 434m to 416m!
They’ve done the same thing with the tea and toast cost cutting, what the are wanting you to ignore is the devastation this Government is causing Public Health…
This on top of all the lies Luxon has claimed like 14 levels of bureaucracy and that only 22% of kids can do maths!
NOW Reti is caught out making things up that don’t even exist!
Shane Reti’s office admits chart used to justify $1.4b Health cuts ‘does not exist’
Health Minister Shane Reti’s office has admitted an organisational chart of Health NZ – Te Whatu Ora, which allegedly proved the organisation had become bloated and inefficient “does not exist”.
Reti used the chart to justify painful spending restraint at Health NZ. He now claims that there was not one organisational chart as initially claimed, but that he was referring to an amalgam of the many Health NZ organisational charts he had seen.
Labour’s health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall told the Herald the invented chart has made Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who was standing beside Reti when he made the remarks, “look like an idiot”.
“The claims made about Health NZ in July are made up and they used those claims to justify a commissioner and cuts of $1.4 billion to the health system,” she said.
…look at the Dunedin Hospital deceptions…
the remainder of the projected blow-out – about $700m – are shrouded in secrecy, as the Government says commercial sensitivities mean it cannot disclose further details.
…they are lying and tricking you so they can implement privatisation, but don’t worry, the Prime Minister is rich, and he’s sorted!
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And to top it off the money collected does not go to the disabled ,not 1 cent .
Good question Gordon. Being $150, they could argue it was all eaten up with admin. costs.
But $750 is a different story.
The disabled community has every right to expect a significant portion of those fines going towards their needs.
Thank you Martyn and keep up the work on the health campaign.
Ps when are you going to have some working group programs on the health system and suggestions on fixing it.
They are sorely needed.
I am awestruck by the achievements of this government!
In my lifetime Aotearoa’s population went from two million people to five million and rising.
Yet here we are with the same amount of hospitals as when we only had half the population we have now.
Who would have thought it!
In 1964, ten years old, I needed an operation for a serious infection.
Immediately admitted to hospital where I remained for two months, while getting a better standard of schooling that if I had still been at school. Only allowed to go home after rigorous checks by doctors.
Recently my wife needed an operation to remove a life threatening tumor.
Neurosurgeons performed a six hour operation, she made a remarkable recovery, and three days later hospital staff congratulated her and asked her if she could clear out that afternoon.
Shocked she asked if she could at least stay until morning to which they grudgingly consented.
No more coddling for lazy bastards like us! Well done the coalition.
It is not just under National that recovery times have changed . All us senior people would remember the weeks of bed rest prescribed for recovery now the surgery is done by key hole surgery or robots causing less damage and you are made to be up and about much sooner.
1974 I had varicose veins removed 3 weeks inBurwood after .3 years ago I had them done again 1 night then home .
Sadly the way things are going hers may well be one of the last of those operations .
We know where people were treated during covid, or at least, we think we do.
Can anyone tell me, what did the private health system do to help? I must have missed hearing about how they were making a huge contribution to the covid effort. Will be pleased to stand corrected on this.
When the next pandemic occurs what guarantees do we have of the health system, which may be all private by then, being able to cope with the extra workload and continue with their scheduled clients as well.
If you have a serious dose of the next pandemic disease, will you be left to die on the side of the road literally, if you have no health insurance?
The fine of $150 was set in 2004 In the 20 years since then the country has had Labour as the government for 11 years but they did not care to increase rhe fine . We have a government now that us prepared to take unpopular moves .I hope the fine for cell phone use while driving is increased as well.
What about a fine for fiddling with the radio or eating a pie while driving eh!
It’s like you are indoctrinated Trevor. Quite happy with all the complete bullshit they talk. Unpopular decisions based on lies not necessity at all.
The fine for being an @hole was set the day you were born Trev.