#BHN Nicola Willis on HYEFU | Victims of Lake Ellis financial redress| Seymour on "criminal" IRD

The Treasury's half-year economic and fiscal update is universally being described as bad news, Finance Minister Nicola Willis spoke to Corin Dann on RNZ this morning starting with if tax cuts were the right thing to do. David Seymour reflects on the year in Government and criminal entities that are taking people's money like IRD. He also bloviates on how governments he will be involved in will spend "less and less" The people tortured while children in the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital will receive a $150,000 redress payment or can request an independent arbiter make an individual assessment. The minister responsible Erica Stanford made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon, revealing the government had set aside up to $22.68 million for the redress scheme ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ ================================= Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ Follow us on Bluesky Pat @patbrittenden.bsky.social Chewie @chewienz.bsky.social Emily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social Magenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social