Shane Jones Fishing Industry pork barrel so ‘private-limo-extreme’ that even National balk at the self interest
Oh this is hilarious…
News that progress on the Fisheries Amendment Bill will be delayed until after the election is being called a win for People Power by environmental groups, who say it proves how united the New Zealand public is against destructive fishing.
On Thursday, it was announced to the Select Committee that the Bill will not be progressed within this political term. This comes after tens of thousands of New Zealanders submitted against the Bill, and weeks of hearings in Parliament.
Minister Shane Jones championed the Bill that would introduce the largest changes to fisheries legislation in a generation. Greenpeace and allies say the delay is the result of mass public outcry from ordinary New Zealanders, recreational fishers, legal experts and environmentalists.
“The people of New Zealand have made it abundantly clear they want more ocean protection, not less. Thanks to all of the people who spoke out against this Ocean Exploitation Bill, it’s not getting rubber stamped ahead of the election,” says Greenpeace oceans campaigner Ellie Hooper.
“This Bill is not dead in the water, but the delay is a clear sign that some political parties are starting to listen. Ocean protection is what voters want and they are watching. They don’t want empty platitudes from politicians about how important the ocean is, if they are unwilling to do what’s in their power to stop its depletion.”
Karli Thomas of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) says the Bill would take New Zealand ocean management further in completely the wrong direction, especially on bottom trawling.
“The Fisheries Amendment Bill would incentivise this most destructive form of fishing – bottom trawling – at a time when the public are overwhelmingly calling for it to be restricted, especially from seamounts.
“It would reduce public participation in fisheries decisions, prevent access to cameras on boats footage, and make it almost impossible for the public to challenge bad decision-making. It’s the opposite of what New Zealanders want and what our ocean needs to thrive.”
Polling released by WWF this week revealed that 90% of people wanted to see bottom trawling restrictions in some form. Barry Weeber, co-chair of ECO, says the can has been kicked down the road on this issue long enough.
“The devastating impacts of bottom trawling on vital seamounts and other high biodiversity areas are well established, and the public mandate for closing them has never been higher. Political leaders should state their position and make firm commitments to banning bottom trawling on seamounts and similar features ahead of the election.
“The ocean cannot afford more years of delay in protections. We know seamount ecosystems are vulnerable and important, and there is plenty of evidence to act to protect them.”
A coalition of environmental groups are calling for political parties to commit to banning bottom trawling on all seamounts and features in the waters of Aotearoa and the South Pacific – where New Zealand is the last country to operate a bottom trawl fleet. To date over 100,000 people have signed petitions on the issue.
The groups maintain the Ocean Exploitation Bill should be rejected in its entirety, before its next reading in the new political term.
Greenpeace
…you know shit just got real when your own pork barrel politics are so ‘private-limo-extreme’ that the National Party, te Party of crony capitalism, balks at your level of self interest.
Do you have any idea how venal you need to be for the National Party to turn away in disgust?
The deeply flawed Fisheries Amendment Bill was nothing but a manifesto for corporate fishing! It gave them enormous power with the treat to fine anyone $50 000 if they published footage from camera showing the fishing industry destroying the environment!
It allowed the fishing Industry to do whatever the fuck they liked and we all had to pretend that was policy!
Shane is in the pocket of the fishing industry and because the Right Wing Trolls hate Jacinda, da vaccines, da Maaaaaaaares and da Trans more than they hate corporations writing the laws for themselves, NZF is in double figure support!
As for his private limo over spending, ‘provoke the Matua at your peril??? Is Shane Jones stroking out?
‘Provoke the matua at your peril’ Shane Jones warns, as criticism flies over $63k trip
Business class flights and a personal limo driver on standby for hours on end saw Shane Jones massively blow the budget on his ministerial trip to the world’s largest mining conference in Canada in March last year.
Stuff can reveal Jones spent $63,000 on the trip, despite Cabinet only approving a spend of $33,000. It led to the Prime Minister’s office having to retrospectively approve the spend, which only happened in February this year.
He has also hit back at critics, most notably Finance Minister Nicola Willis, who said it was important that ministers did not overspend the travel budgets set by Cabinet.
Jones replied with his own warning: “Provoke the matua at your peril.”
Stuff
Again, this is happening because Shane is the most compromised politician in NZ politics, he is spending money on private limo drivers while eating crayfish to suck up to his mining donors!
I think that NZF’s toxic hate trolls are so radioactive online that normal voters recoil in horror at their vileness and that is why we are seeing TOP close to 5% and Labour leading.
Proxification is when voters see party alined activists being toxic online and they place that disgust not on the individual activist but on the Party itself and because NZF redneck supporters online are the most toxic, it creates a fixed ceiling of support because while some redneck hate trolls are deeply aroused by NZF, people with a basic reading age over 10 years of age are appalled and disgusted by them.
When the trolls become the brand
I don’t know if the miners threatening Sam were NZFirst supporters, but I would put money on them being NZ First voters…
Sam Neill says New Zealand goldmine supporters have threatened him with violence
Actor, who has publicly objected to plans to fast-track project near his farm, says he has received personal abuse
The Guardian
…threatening one of NZ’s greatest actors for daring to challenge NZ First mining corruption?
Only NZ First voters do that.
NZ First hate trolls are so radioactive they become the brand and that brand is ugly.
Look at this vileness..
…it is important this election that progressive voters screenshot NZ First hate trolls and name them as NZ First supporters online so that other voters can see what NZ First supporters hold in their hearts and recoil in disgust from NZ First.
If you vote National, it’s a vote for Winston and this malice.
Has NZ First already hit its ceiling?
I think NZ First have peaked and as they become less relevant, their toxic supporters will thrash around more and become even uglier.
We on the Left should actively highlight the Gumboot Fascism that NZ First truly represents.
What comes across as Transparently Clear to All is as Per Usual When Caught in a Corner of HIS own Arrogance and Sense of Pure Entitlement that Shane Jones, like his Cohort Winston Peters, has to Resort to Blaming Anyone Else But Himself.
Like Winston Peters he has become a Long Term Trougher on the NZ Taxpayers. Like Peters he holds judgment over others but will never admit that he has made mistakes and has behaved abhorrently in all manner of actions.
His Need for Greed matters more to him than Accountability and Responsiblity.
He is what NZ does Not Need in a Self-entitled, Ego Ridden and Incapable of Admitting Mistakes on HIS PART so-called ‘representative’ of NZ and NZers.
Now he has been joined by Nash things will be double trouble if they get returned to parliament .Two fishing industry puppets around the table taking back handers .
Pleased to see Nicola Willis having the integrity to publicly state her ‘criticism’ to the latest example of Jones taking the piss – Luxon as usual so spinless on this I am surprised he can stand up in the morning.
Why spend so much on this type of bullshit travel .Why not just use ZOOM or something instead of spending 63k to go to a free feed .NZ will have no return on investment from sending this wind bag all that way .OH the Baubles of office that Winston craves so much he will sell his sole to the highest bidder .
Sole or soul? Given the discussion included the fishing industry maybe it’s both.
“Do you have any idea how venal you need to be for the National Party to turn away in disgust?”
Or simply National running scared of Matt Watson
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