Two months ago, we blogged on Helen Clark's hyperventilation over John Key's share trading. We pointed out that the self-righteous Prime Minister was in fact also potentially guilty of conflicts of interest in that she is a substantial landlord, holding a well-above average number of properties in her investment portfolio.
Ian Wishart is alert to this hypocrisy and in our view he is right on the money in this regard. He has recently asked some embarrassing questions of the Prime Minister. We do not think they will be answered.
These questions have just been filed with Kathryn Street, the PM's chief press secretary, at 9.30am today:
Has the Prime Minister, or any other Minister in her government who owns investment property, ever excused themselves on the basis of a conflict of interest from discussing cabinet papers or legislation, or voting on legislation, that deal in any way with taxation issues on investment properties?
Has the Prime Minister, or any other Minister in her government who is any kind of beneficiary of a family trust, ever excused themselves on the basis of a conflict of interest from discussing cabinet papers or legislation, or voting on legislation, that deal in any way with taxation issues on family trusts?
Regards
Ian Wishart
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