Much as I don't like the policies of the current NACT1st govt espoused BEFORE they got elected (or dragged out from behind the bushes AFTER they got elected!) the least their Ministers can do is behave according to the rules that EVERY govt has to abide by - how hard can that be for the so-called "tough on crime" (i.e. law and order) parties & their elected members?
And as for taking a hatchet to the health system? Funny how the last govt managed to leave a surplus but now it is grossly over spent ... I don't read paywalled articles (I already pay for enough news & opinions!) but the answer to the question "overspent or underfunded" is pretty obvious when you listen to the Finance Minister et al & read the Budget - deliberate underfunding to justify wasting money restructuring something that hadn't even fully bedded in yet. & don't get me started on the Maori Health Authority - that is is a so-called Maori leading the charge as Health Minister brings shame on his whanau & Tupuna! Our health statistics demonstrated there was a need for this extra focus, and a healthy population whatever their ethnicity is a community AND $$$ benefit to the whole population of Aotearoa.
Much as I don't like the policies of the current NACT1st govt espoused BEFORE they got elected (or dragged out from behind the bushes AFTER they got elected!) the least their Ministers can do is behave according to the rules that EVERY govt has to abide by - how hard can that be for the so-called "tough on crime" (i.e. law and order) parties & their elected members?
And as for taking a hatchet to the health system? Funny how the last govt managed to leave a surplus but now it is grossly over spent ... I don't read paywalled articles (I already pay for enough news & opinions!) but the answer to the question "overspent or underfunded" is pretty obvious when you listen to the Finance Minister et al & read the Budget - deliberate underfunding to justify wasting money restructuring something that hadn't even fully bedded in yet. & don't get me started on the Maori Health Authority - that is is a so-called Maori leading the charge as Health Minister brings shame on his whanau & Tupuna! Our health statistics demonstrated there was a need for this extra focus, and a healthy population whatever their ethnicity is a community AND $$$ benefit to the whole population of Aotearoa.
Imagine if we had a fully funded health system. That’s it. Full stop.
I worked as a nurse at Middlemore Hospital in the 1990s when Prof Levy headed the Sth Auckland CHE. NOT a fan.