
SIR MEKERE SLAMS O'NEILL'S FAKE BUDGET
Mr Speaker, I strongly endorse the Budget Reply by the Shadow Treasurer. As an experienced and successful businessman, he knows the importance of being realistic about revenues and careful with costs, to have a healthy bottom line. And he has brought a keen eye for detail and financial discipline to his analysis of the 2018 Budget: Identifying K2 billion in ‘fake revenue’; Identifying missed opportunities to tighten up spending yet protect basic services; and Suggesting solut