Judith Collins questions the Government's spending priorities, saying nurses were right to be outraged considering sizeable increases to benefits. Nurses voted yesterday to participate in two 24-hour strikes - on 29 August and 9 September - and another eight-hour strike on 19 August. Collins said it was a situation of the Government's own making because of the cost of reforming the health system, and bureaucratic bloat. She questioned the Government's spending priorities, saying nurses were right to be outraged considering sizeable increases to benefits. Collins was critical of the Government over pay equity, but said National also supported pay equity for nurses.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 06, 2021 23:15 UTC