did. I can tell him that the protesting
protesting and appalling behaviour
by some of the people there was not
from the delegates but was actually from his friends in the Green Party
lead by Russell Norman.
My question is to the Prime
statement regarding the SAS actions in Afghanistan in 2010 and
the alleged
alleged loss of civilian life that
Yes
Yes Supplementary yes, Jacinda Arden
Arden. When he stated yesterday that
the New Zealand Defence Force about the
the incident and the inquiries that had already taken
specific inquiries was he referring
question, Mr Speaker, without the PM knowing
knowing exactly what his thoughts
were when he said it, Iwould imagine
imagine he was referring to the investigations
investigations that were undertaken on behalf of
were raised. Supplementary question, Jacinda Arden. Has he seen the full
ISAF report that was used by
the Defence Force to claim there
were no
the PM, I'm sorry, I can't answer that question
that question as to whether he has read
read the whole report. I imagine so but I can't
know exactly what he's read. Does he
consider the ISAF report to be
read. Does he consider the ISAF
he is aware that the report itself was not done by the New
Zealand Defence
was not done by the New Zealand Defence Force but by the
Afghani Government as well
as other Defence Forces and as such, was not
as independent. Supplementary question,
Jacinda Arden. If the ISAF report,
independent.
which the Defence Force is relying upon, was sufficient, why was a
similar report in 2013 where the ISA
have claimed there were no civilian
casualties in a drone strike lated
debunked by the United Nations and
is this
is this reallythe kind of evidence the
the Government wants to base its
PM is waiting forthe Ministerfor Defence
Defence and the Chief of Defence to go
go through those reports. He hasn't
made decisions at this time. It has been 48
been 48 hours since we have seen the allegations and
allegations and he will be making decisions from there. Why did
Wayne Mapp.
decisions from there. Why did Wayne Mapp, who was in Afghanistan
during the raid
supporting evidence around claims of civilian casualties to make it
to maintain the evident doesn't
but it has only been 48 hours. He will
will continue to investigate that and make decisions in due course.
What evidence does he
require to justify an inquiry
will be going through all of it. He will
will be going through it with the chief
My
My question is to the Minister of
This
This morning the Reserve Bank released its Official Cash Rate
decision in leaving the rate
unchanged at
decision in leaving the rate
ongoing high levels of household spending