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So lets be open and transparent John

Posted by Trevor Mallard on October 20th, 2009

Key takes pride in claiming open and transparent government.

So I’m challenging him to come clean on why he is not being tough on Bill English ripping the taxpayer off for over a decade.

I think I know why. Key feels guilty. He took out a mortgage on a Wellington flat for the sole purpose of claiming an allowance from the taxpayer when he was worth over $50m. When caught by Cullen he repaid the mortgage and stopped claiming.

I’m not saying he made a false declaration as to his circumstances – but it helps understand why he is protecting someone who almost certainly did.

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Filed under: Budget, economic, economy, finance, national, parliament
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Key lies in the house

Posted by Trevor Mallard on October 17th, 2009

Thanks to The Standard for reminding me of one of Key’s lies in the House this week. He said:-

“Maybe that reflects badly on NZ On Air, which thinks that the way that it should respond to these things is by leaking them to the Labour Party, without having the courtesy of sending the letter in the first place to Melissa Lee.”

I was one of the Labour people to whom the letter was sent.  I didn’t give it to the media. It came with material, partly of a personal nature, from within Melissa Lee’s company. It included  information that would not be available to NZ on Air.

In normal circumstances I would refer the matter to the Speaker but he has now repeatedly ruled that Minister’s obligation to tell the truth finishes with their primary answer and does not apply to supplementary answers.

At least Lee only took three months to agree to pay back the money received as a result of false declarations over several years – English has not yet agreed to repay over a decade of money received on the basis he resided in Dipton.

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Melissa and bill

Posted by Trevor Mallard on October 13th, 2009

What is it with these Nats. Years of false declarations and they think an offer to pay back part of the money (Bill) and all of it (Melissa) means  they can expect to be forgiven. And no doubt they are going to tell us again today what careful custodians they are of the public purse. They are just not credible.

Now is when we see if Key has backbone. It is a big test for him.

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Filed under: Auckland, Budget, Pay Equity, broadcasting, by-election, democracy, economic, economy, finance, media, national, parliament
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