Just when you thought there was no actual point to ever watch The Nation, it turns up the biggest political surprise of 2019. Jacinda Ardern, our Prime Minister, a new mother no less, has not even bothered watching the horror of her Governments own agents attempting to steal a baby.
The Nashy urgently needs to be grilling Police top brass that they actually have the Australian gang threat clearly defined and in hand before it erupts because frontline cops and domestic organised crime bosses are saying the top brass are telling Nashy what he wants to hear.
The reshuffle reeks of a group of individuals who are still barely in control of their Ministries and with such an enormous lack of experience, Jacinda is forced to make incremental changes rather than anything even remotely close to transformational.
It is very strange that we are getting drip fed some important changes to NZ Super with little fanfare or discussion. Even stranger, given this is the year that the Retirement Commissioner has a statutory duty to review all retirement incomes policy.
THIS WEEK: Cabinet reshuffles, Makhouf madness, gambling funding, Folau, Mallard seeking Parliamentary funds for legal fees, Euthanasia votes & Cricket World Cup
Yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle in which Phil Twyford was moved sideways is at least some recognition by the Ardern government that their housing policy is failing. So if they’re looking around for some fresh ideas here’s my quick and busy Facebook Fix for Friday suggestions .
You get the feeling that the Ministry of Vulnerable Children’s name change to Oranga Tamariki was a brown washing exercise to gloss over the much more violent reality of what this new agency would be doing.
While it’s great to see so many Baby Boomer MPs calling for the right to kill their parents, the reality is that the ‘suffering from a grievous and irremediable medical condition’ part of the Euthanasia Bill creates a loophole you could drive a stretch limo hearse through.
I’m not sure ‘we are greedy pricks with an obscene lust for cash but we’d never offend the gays’ is much of an ethical high horse for ANZ to ride in on – I mean your average Edge Radio Listener will buy it, but shouldn’t a bank aim higher than a breakfast Radio Show standards?
This was always about Treasury incompetence and their jaw dropping ability to claim it was a hack to hide their incompetence.