Clint Smith @ClintVSmith
Director of Victor Consulting. Former Senior Policy & Communications Strategist for @jacindaardern, and Ministerial Advisor. Opinions my own. victorconsulting.co Wellington Joined October 2011-
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Hospitals having to cut service levels because they don't have enough money is not an "operational matter", btw adequacy of budget to deliver on expectations is very much a Ministerial responsibility cant refuse funding & just shrug your shoulders when they have to make cuts
Don't want to come across as a conspiracy theorist - but the govt underfunding hospitals by $105m, the cutbacks to medical staff hours, and the sudden flood of stories about people not getting hospital care could be related
Govt's top up hospital budgets every year. Alternative is what National is doing: denying hospitals $80m means fewer elective surgeries, theatres go underused, doctors & nurses working less, people waiting longer Total false economy. But, hey, landlord tax cuts come first
report finds our national emergency response system needs more funding government cuts the budget by 6.5% to help pay for tax cuts for landlords priorities, eh?
report finds our national emergency response system needs more funding government cuts the budget by 6.5% to help pay for tax cuts for landlords priorities, eh?
What's interesting about this story is that we would expect the govt to bombarding us with stories of waste to justify cuts - yet all they've come up with is 'Omg, they spent 40c per Kiwi on a one off acknowledgement of people who saved lives during COVID' nzherald.co.nz/business/after…
hoping the govt is paying serious attention to this and will act to protect our dairy industry from any risk it comes here.
hoping the govt is paying serious attention to this and will act to protect our dairy industry from any risk it comes here.
really riles me up, people talking about 'celebrating' ANZAC Day. Just totally divorced from what the day's about It's like the vacuous pundit I saw one day saying 'was Gallipoli the most glorious battle of all time?' No! It wasn't. It was a needless disaster. That's the point!
really riles me up, people talking about 'celebrating' ANZAC Day. Just totally divorced from what the day's about It's like the vacuous pundit I saw one day saying 'was Gallipoli the most glorious battle of all time?' No! It wasn't. It was a needless disaster. That's the point!
they always insist these cuts don't affect services Yet here's a man had his cancer surgery delayed at Chch Hospital due to a 'staff shortage' at the same time as Canterbury health services have been told to make cuts to live within their annual budget nzherald.co.nz/nz/life-and-de…
they always insist these cuts don't affect services Yet here's a man had his cancer surgery delayed at Chch Hospital due to a 'staff shortage' at the same time as Canterbury health services have been told to make cuts to live within their annual budget nzherald.co.nz/nz/life-and-de… https://t.co/myCcz5mnBN
like the disability cuts, these hospital cuts seem to be the govt refusing to top up budgets of programmes that run over Overspends (& underspends) are normal - costs & demand rise. Hospital services got a $1.4b top up last year But there's no money now. All for tax cuts
like the disability cuts, these hospital cuts seem to be the govt refusing to top up budgets of programmes that run over Overspends (& underspends) are normal - costs & demand rise. Hospital services got a $1.4b top up last year But there's no money now. All for tax cuts https://t.co/jkwTWJq5Bw
I thought Ministers were going to go 'line by line' and 'cut the dumb stuff' - not leave it to random chance by not replacing people who quit, leaving vital roles unfilled.
I thought Ministers were going to go 'line by line' and 'cut the dumb stuff' - not leave it to random chance by not replacing people who quit, leaving vital roles unfilled.
no money for the National Resilience Plan? $3b for landlords.
no money for the National Resilience Plan? $3b for landlords.
to get the increase down to 21%, Gore Council is already cutting to the bone, including not funding depreciation. The driver of rates increases is water infrastructure. Unfortunately, the TPU helped kill the solution to water costs.
to get the increase down to 21%, Gore Council is already cutting to the bone, including not funding depreciation. The driver of rates increases is water infrastructure. Unfortunately, the TPU helped kill the solution to water costs. https://t.co/RhEPbxqMvs
Not following the logic here: -winter grazing regulations came into effect in 2022 -government says "regional councils tell us there have been significant improvements in winter grazing practices" -government is proposing to remove those regulations
does anyone buy this?
the government is cutting the DIA workers tasked with combating this depravity to pay for tax cuts.
the government is cutting the DIA workers tasked with combating this depravity to pay for tax cuts.
this is a picture of steel-framed modular housing without the facades, roofs, stairs etc. like taking a picture of the wooden framing of a house and saying 'do they expect people to live in sticks?' Article even has a render of what the homes will look like when done - awesome
this is a picture of steel-framed modular housing without the facades, roofs, stairs etc. like taking a picture of the wooden framing of a house and saying 'do they expect people to live in sticks?' Article even has a render of what the homes will look like when done - awesome https://t.co/m1EQE0X9ch
what happened to "I want more medical doctors, not spin doctors"? Government's trying to cut the pay of some 300 junior doctors and trainee GPs. bonkers. Pay cuts for doctors, on top of a hiring freeze and overtime ban. Yet $3b for landlords. newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeala…
Graeme nails it. why isn't the Minister just providing the info requested, without being forced?
Graeme nails it. why isn't the Minister just providing the info requested, without being forced?
The govt thinks border security, combating online child exploitation, stopping money laundering, & counter-terrorism are less important than tax cuts for landlords That's the only conclusion you can draw from these jobs being cut while landlords get $3b rnz.co.nz/news/national/…
I wrote about Mr Kalati as part of my report for MUNZ on the failed automation project at POAL. As automation failed, management cut corners, forced workers to work faster & offered bonuses encouraging recklessness. Three workers died, including Amo. My aroha to the families.
I wrote about Mr Kalati as part of my report for MUNZ on the failed automation project at POAL. As automation failed, management cut corners, forced workers to work faster & offered bonuses encouraging recklessness. Three workers died, including Amo. My aroha to the families. https://t.co/ynMuM5WxcN
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A cut is a cut is a cut. We know hospitals have been asked to review and remove vacant clinical positions as part of this. Resources ARE being taken from the frontline rnz.co.nz/news/national/…
Auckland will have to absorb most of this. North Shore Hospital has 150 beds that this govt won’t open because of their reckless tax cuts for their mates. 1news.co.nz/2024/04/26/hos…
Before the election CigaReti was riding around in ambulances to try to show how understaffed our healthcare system was. Now as minister he has made things worse just to give tax subsidies to property speculators 1news.co.nz/2024/04/26/hos…
However, first home buyers and investors are small fry compared to existing borrowers with a decent chunk of equity - the NZ housing market is dominated by owners selling to other owners [3/n]
Operational manoeuvres in health. My #cartoon today #HealthCare #NZpol
Concerning that there could be funding cuts at the National Emergency Management Agency. This in the same week that a major report recommends properly resourcing NEMA so New Zealand is as prepared as it can be for the next natural disaster rnz.co.nz/news/national/…
@ClintVSmith NZH have updated to $700k, 1/3 of amount. The remainder going back to the Crown. Which undermines NZH narrative in trying to equate it to the $2m for CDEM training in NEMA’s 2022-23 non-departmental expenses. 2024 budgeted nothing? Why??
Clinical roles being cut last week now this. Looks like the govts commitment not to cut frontline health services was a lie. Canterbury hospitals on notice to cut spending by $13m by June, leaked documents show rnz.co.nz/news/national/…
Is it just me, or is Christopher Luxon speaking like he's the first PM to ever demote a minister for poor performance? Not quite as transformational as he makes out, imho (putting the merits of the reshuffle to one side)
"What we've been talking about mostly is the job losses, but there's equivalent operating budget loss, and that just means DOC won't have capacity to deliver on species conservation programmes" Fear cuts at DOC will cause species extinction rnz.co.nz/news/national/… #WarOnNature
So .... National voters like some 'red tape'? This article is disgraceful. A real anti social housing tone. nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-…
#K9Units taking a hit in the great Redundancy of 24. Our Borders The best in the World. Shameful.
The less $ people spend, the more jobs & businesses we lose, and the less $ people spend. It's a recessionary doom loop. Apparently, this is required to 'tame inflation'... which is reducing in NZ at a similar rate to countries that have decided not to have a recession 🤔
The Luxon/National govt are hanging out a great big “open for business” sign to money launderers, online scammers, loan sharks, drug traffickers organized crime and child exploitation. This is a very dark day for New Zealand.
Direct accountability of senior individual corporate officers is one of the most important post-Pike reforms in our Health & Safety laws. Worksafe has been taking increasing action over past 3 years. This accountability is now under threat as the government threatens to gut HSWA.
I hope there will be a sense of justice for dock worker #PalaamoKalati with the appearance of Gibson in court.
I hope there will be a sense of justice for dock worker #PalaamoKalati with the appearance of Gibson in court.
Dutton is right. Because of the computer games I played as a young boy, I am dedicated to building the Collusus of Rhodes alongside my Hanging Gardens for maximum civilisational points
Opposition Leader #PeterDutton says violence against women in Australia “is getting worse”. He blames, in part, computer games “young boys are playing.” He would support a Royal Commission “or anything” to make it better. #insiders