Just because Scott
Morrison’s maternal grandfather and mother were New Zealand citizens and he lived in
that country for a few years as an adult, did he really have to wish this NZ political disaster zone on Australia?
BuzzFeed, 29 November 2018:
In a speech to the
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday night, prime minister
Scott Morrison announced Steven Joyce would head the first national vocational
education review in more than 40 years…..
Joyce is a former New
Zealand National MP who was given the nickname "Mr Fixit" (making him the Kiwi equivalent of our very
own Christopher "I'm a Fixer" Pyne) during his time in politics.
He served as the
tertiary education minister for about seven years (January 2010 to December 2016) and was the architect of
former prime minister John Key's massive cuts to training programs across the
country.
During his first four
years on the job Joyce cut more than $60 million from regional and urban
training centres, according to New Zealand's Tertiary Education
Commission data…..
Sandra Grey, president
of New Zealand's Tertiary Education Union, said Joyce's time as minister was a
"real disaster for New Zealand".
"The real cost of
his cuts is a $3 billion shortfall over the 10 years just gone," Grey told
BuzzFeed News. "A $3 billion hole... we're never going to fill that.
That's where the strain on staff and students comes. He chose to keep the budget
flatlined but it cost more and more each year to run the sector."
Figures from the New
Zealand Treasury confirm the Key's government budget left the sector more than
$3 billion underfunded by not increasing year on year expenses in line with
CPI.
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