Phil Goff stated last night that he has never lied. Never mind his lies over the SIS briefing, he laid out plenty last night in the debate.
The most egregious lie though was when he stated that Labour would never have mined in a National Park, except they had:
On 12 March 2004, Minister of Conservation Chris Carter approved the access arrangement for Pike River Coal Ltd. The arrangement included four 1.5-metre (4.9 ft)-wide emergency escape shafts within the boundaries of Paparoa National Park and a requirement for Pike River Coal Ltd to spend NZ$70,000 annually on conservation projects. Carter stated that the “safeguards and compensation” outweighed the inconsistencies with objectives of the Conservation Act 1987 and the relevant management plans.
I’m glad Phil Goff has decided to focus on lies, we can now focus on 27 years of his lies.
