Christopher Luxon: Prime Minister talks charities, infrastructure, nursing shortage

Hints from the Prime Minister around upcoming changes to charities and taxes. 

Christopher Luxon told Kerre Woodham the Goverment's speaking about whether people are "rorting the system" and taking advantage of charities registration. 

He says he spoke with Finance and Economic Growth Minister, Nicola Willis, about the matter just yesterday. 

Luxon told Woodham some organisations present as a charity but maybe aren't doing charitable work. 

He's telling people to keep their eyes on the Budget - around taxation and charity status. 

The Prime Minister's also calling for some nurses to take on roles outside hospitals to ease burden on the system. 

Christopher Luxon admitted we've got a lot of nurses coming through the system, but don't always have places for them in hospitals. 

Luxon told Kerre Woodham we desperately need them in primary and aged care, and in some cases, it takes weeks to get a GP appointment. 

He says there's an opportunity to think about how we use our nurses - like nurse practitioners who can increasingly do the work a GP does. 

The Prime Minister's also keen to reach across the political aisle in a bid to secure a bipartisan approach to infrastructure.  

Luxon revealed he's been in conversation with Labour's finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds, who's supportive of elements of the Government's infrastructure pipeline plan.  

Luxon told Woodham that for the Government to actually get things done when it comes to the country's infrastructure problems, a bipartisan solution must be found. 

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