Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 10, 2016 15:59:36 GMT 12
GOVT MAY INVEST MORE IN HOUSING FIRST – BENNETT
Maori Party leader Marama Fox, whose party has a confidence and supply agreement with National, said Finance Minister Bill English had assured her that he would "seriously consider" any new ideas from the inquiry which the Government had not already implemented.
Asked what would happen if he did not, Fox said: "We sit alongside the Government and we challenge them on these things.
"And if they don't, they'll find themselves wanting at the next election. It's as simple as that.....
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Maori Party leader Marama Fox, whose party has a confidence and supply agreement with National, said Finance Minister Bill English had assured her that he would "seriously consider" any new ideas from the inquiry which the Government had not already implemented.
Asked what would happen if he did not, Fox said: "We sit alongside the Government and we challenge them on these things.
"And if they don't, they'll find themselves wanting at the next election. It's as simple as that.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11725892