A critical commentary on how MPs, including Melissa Lee and Jenny Salesa, exploit taxpayer-funded superannuation and accommodation allowances to purchase and live in their own Wellington homes, raising concerns about transparency, ethics, and misuse of public resources.
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Opportunity says it will not allow its MPs should they make it into Parliament to play this little accommodation allowance trick that Andy Foster and Louise Upston have been busted playing. In both cases, the MPs are claiming taxpayer money for accommodation while they live in their own properties. Now this is within the rules, and they are not the only MPs doing it. Many, many, many MPs are doing it. Q Lay Wong is the leader of the opportunity party and with us. Good afternoon, Heather. Okay, so explain your rule to me.
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abuse of special MP retirement schemes
Melissa Lee and Jenny Salesa used taxpayer-funded entitlements to buy and stay in own homesequity between politicians and citizens
Qiulae Wong: Opportunity Party leader says the party won't use parliamentary funds on 'unnecessary' property costsSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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