The hit put on Australian Deputy Prime Minister by the
Labour Party and corroborated by a Minister in the
National-led government is like an underarm delivery.
“Are Labour’s Chris Hipkins and Minister Peter Dunne
our answer to the Chappell brothers?” says New Zealand
First Leader and Member of Parliament for Northland and a
former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rt Hon Winston
Peters.
“It is distasteful to see the New Zealand
Labour Party colluding with the Australian Labor Party on
what was a political hit job targeting the Australian Deputy
Prime Minister. More so with Minister Peter Dunne
corroborating information that had obvious political
intent.
“This could do serious damage to New
Zealand’s relationship with Australia and the rights of
New Zealanders in Australia. After the foreign interns
controversy, people deserve to know what other foreign
sourced information is being fed into Labour here.
“This is not how we do things this side of the Tasman.
Simply put, it is not cricket,” says Mr Peters.
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