On Wednesday Prime Minister John Key delivered a speech to the Sensible Sentencing Trust conference (sponsored by the National Party, Labour Party and ACT) at Parliament. It was a predictable presentation which avoided the obvious truth that if New Zealand ever had a policy with "economic disaster" written all over it then it's our crime and imprisonment policy.Click here to read more.
Here is the speech John Key should have given:
Kia ora koutou e hoa ma,
Thank you for the invitation to speak today. As Prime Minister I'm particularly pleased to be here because I've developed serious misgivings about the influence of your organization on the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders not to mention our economic policy. We all want safer communities and the victims of crime supported but SST is pushing policies which are having the opposite effect. Let me explain.
In the past, many victims have been badly let down by the government. For example the Accident Compensation Corporation recently agreed to reinstate funding of counselling for all victims of sexual assault. That funding should never have been removed and I apologise for my government's financial pressure on ACC which led to the decision. Sexual assault victims deserve much better and we will be there to make sure such decisions are not repeated.
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