#BHN Judith Collins said on Q&A this morning of the money for defence that “it would be found as it has to be found”
Two things.
1. They’ve made promises without the budget
2. Health and education are not deemed important enough to find money “as it has to be found”…why? #nzpol
Two things.
1. They’ve made promises without the budget
2. Health and education are not deemed important enough to find money “as it has to be found”…why? #nzpol
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#NZpol
We don't need and can't really afford the luxury of a 3rd large aircraft type and associated infrastructure...
Apparently we need enhanced lethality for search and rescue...
jc totally clueless and poorly briefed - Grey Power Papakura might fall for those lines but she really needs to go to work tomorrow and push a randomly selected service chief off the roof...
3. Why is the Minister for Space so eager to paint a nuclear target over Aotearoa by involving NZ what is effectively a reboot of the US 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative?
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative ]
[ https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/557725/access-to-space-systems-critical-on-the-modern-battlefield ]
Abandoned by Reagan the day after.
#nzpol
How much to protect Tairawhiti hill country? $200m. That's a component of national defence - and it's *urgent*!