Nat/act/nzf 2023

[Daytr]

No question that Mark Mitchell fxxked up and made Luxon looked stupid.

Second strike btw for Mark.

More’s the pity for the government as the announcement (per article below) was a very positive one :

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...AVNWXCLWX3XNQ/

“Once the clarifying statement arrived after the press conference, it was clear they had under-sold the announcement. It turned out that the Government is promising $1.9 billion more for Corrections over four years than the current spending track. That will fund more prison beds, more prison staff and more rehabilitation programmes for remand prisoners who make up 45 per cent of the prison muster.

For the record, the clarification sent out afterwards by Mark Mitchell’s office stated there are currently 455 beds at Waikeria Prison; that 600 new ones under way already will come on line in a year, including 100 mental health beds; and that yesterday’s funding announcement will mean an additional 810 beds which, once completed, will take Waikeria’s capacity to a whopping 1865 beds.“

Good clarification.
But one way it could be looked at is they expect serious crime to increase.

[Balance]

Good clarification.
But one way it could be looked at is they expect serious crime to increase.

They have made clear they want criminals, especially those guilty of violent crimes, to be locked up rather than be given home detention.

The sort of crime which should see this low life scumbag criminal jailed for at least 3 years - unprovoked assault by a 43 year old (wearing pink pants) on an 80+ old elderly woman:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...rovoked-attack