“Moves by the Government to speal out the entitlement to compensation for criminals who become injured whilst carrying out crimes, is an insult to the millions of honest and hard working New Zealanders,” said Peter Brown, New Zealand First MP and ACC Spokesperson.

“We all know of instances in the past where criminals have been rewarded for being dishonest. The prospect of having this right cemented into legislation illustrates how out of touch this Labour/Alliance Coalition Government has become,” he said.

“We once prided ourselves on being a nation of industrious, hard working and honest people in New Zealand” said Mr Brown, “but this latest madness on the part of this Government saddens me greatly and will result in large numbers of ACC levy payers looking for loopholes to avoid payment if funds raised are to be squandered in this way.

“Many feel that ACC has become somewhat of an unfair joke over recent years, or at least a bad dream, this absurd move will remove any remaining doubt,” claimed Mr Brown.

“It is fundamentally wrong to reward individuals for engaging in criminal proceedings and to expect honest working people to fund such a corrupt practice, through compulsory levies, will anger them greatly,” concluded Mr Brown.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>