Labour / NZ First Government

[winner69]

There is no chance of that happening. In all the talk of increasing Minimum wage and " the Living wage" not once have I heard there is an expectation that productivity would be expected to lift in order to get the increase. This government is hell bent on lifting wage levels on existing productivity levels.

That’ll help ‘unleashing small businesses’ eh

[fungus pudding]

Shared ownership - will taxpayer funds be used to further inflate the property market? We should concentrate on a greater supply of good quality housing. We do not need the further leveraging of buyers into an expensive property market via enormous mortgages by risking taxpayer public funds at the same time!

Boost the security of tenure for good famillies in rental accommodation so that parents do not think that that home ownership is the only way to provide secure housing for their families.

Couldn't agree more with your first paragraph. Second paragraph - not so simple.

[iceman]

Apparently they now call the Immigration Minister Ian Lees Goaway in Wellington :-)

[fungus pudding]

Apparently they now call the Immigration Minister Ian Lees Goaway in Wellington :-)

How about Ian-Please Goaway.

[Joshuatree]

Will Cindy continue to defend the indefensible Immigration Minister who has admitted he did not read the file and took him less than one hour to decide on the "most difficult decision" he's ever made ?
She told us to read between the line but it now appears the Minister did not read what was on the lines.

Then she, Winnie and other Ministers have blatantly lied and tried to blame National for letting him in, when the facts are he got a visitors visa in 2003 and residency mid 2008, under Labour/NZF Government.
Ian Lees Galloway is a dead man walking and the longer this drags out, the weaker Cindy looks as she once again does not act decisively when Minsters stuff up.

Thanks for your opinion, but it sounds like you believe all the spin being fed out by national who admittedly are very good at dirty politics(lots of practice hey). Very trump like in fact. For example spending about an hour on the file sounds like more than enough, with hundreds of files crossing his desk regularly, its rubbish to say not enough time spent. And a summary of the 150 ? page plus should be accurate and cover everything he needs to make the right decision.

[BlackPeter]

Thanks for your opinion, but it sounds like you believe all the spin being fed out by national who admittedly are very good at dirty politics(lots of practice hey). Very trump like in fact. For example spending about an hour on the file sounds like more than enough, with hundreds of files crossing his desk regularly, its rubbish to say not enough time spent. And a summary of the 150 ? page plus should be accurate and cover everything he needs to make the right decision.

You are absolutely right. Looking for one hour at the file of a convicted drug dealer should be more than enough time to decide whether he should be granted permant residency. Just highlights the incompetence of this government. If one hour is not enough for such a trivial decision, how could we expect them to run the country?

Thanks for clarifying this for us.

[iceman]

You are absolutely right. Looking for one hour at the file of a convicted drug dealer should be more than enough time to decide whether he should be granted permant residency. Just highlights the incompetence of this government. If one hour is not enough for such a trivial decision, how could we expect them to run the country?

Thanks for clarifying this for us.

Absolutely agree. 1 hour should have been enough to reach the simple and obvious decision. But he managed to make a clearly appalling and wrong decision. High level of incompetence and this guy can not stay.

[minimoke]

For example spending about an hour on the file sounds like more than enough, with hundreds of files crossing his desk regularly, its rubbish to say not enough time spent.

There is some validity behind your statement - but its wrong in the context of this case. ILG is on record as saying: "This was right up there … probably one of the most difficult decisions I have had to make so far". So it is quite reasonable to expect that you are going to spend quite some time on one of your toughest ever decisions. (Edit to add as mentioned above - if he found this decision tough he is patently unqualified for the job)

And if its one of your most difficult decisions ever made a competent person would ask the boss for some guidance. That he didn't shows his incompetence. If he did it makes a liar out of Adern who once again conveniently "knows nothing" until the media reported it. How is it she is not involved in the most difficult decisions her Ministers are making?

And a summary of the 150 ? page plus should be accurate and cover everything he needs to make the right decision.

Makes no difference if the report is one page or 1,500 pages. If ILG is only going to "read various aspects of the full file" then he is only going to read the aspects he wants to read.

Patently he read the bit about the guy holding a visa in a false name. Obviously he knew he was in prison. There's no doubt he read the bit about him being a drug importer. All that makes him a suitable person to have a resident visa. Just how low a threshold does a person need to have to be declined? Pretty bloody low by the looks of it.

ILG's decision making ability (or lack of) throws into doubt every other decision he has made. Time for a review to see what other riff raff he has let into the country and what decent people he has refused.

[Joshuatree]

Its his officials/staff who have stuffed up imo, who are these faceless people who have a bit of a reputation of much conservatism and bottom minding and not being very adventurous or assertive. Jeez i mean the next improve your performance review should be , always check with GOOGLE and take accountability for what you produce!

[minimoke]

Its his officials/staff who have stuffed up imo, who are these faceless people who have a bit of a reputation of much conservatism and bottom minding and not being very adventurous or assertive. Jeez i mean the next improve your performance review should be , always check with GOOGLE and take accountability for what you produce!

Check whose name is at the top of the letter and whose signature at the bottom. http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/18...el_Sroubek.pdf