Opposition ‘bad taste’ attacked

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33857, 31 May 1975, Page 16

Opposition ‘bad taste’ attacked

GVew Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 30. The Minister of Agriculture (Mr Moyle) accused the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Muldoon) in Parliament today of dragging proceedings of the House to “a new low.”

The National Party was plumbing new depths in political bad taste, Mr Moyle said during the Budget debate.

The party, under Mr Muldoon. had descended to a policy of dirty tricks, he alleged.

By “Innuendo of impropriety and dishonesty, weaving webs of circumstantial evidence," it had attacked Government members. It did this knowing, that in spite of complete exoneration, some of the mud would stick and some of the smell would remain.

Former National leaders of liberality and honour were forced to sit in the back benches and watch the party descend to new depths of political dirty play. He described Mr Muldoon as a man with an overriding ambition to rule. Mr Muldoon believed that the end justified the means, and any means would do. said Mr Moyle.

“OPPOSITION’S DUTY” Mr D. Thomson (Nat J Stratford) said that Mr Moyle’S remarks were a rather precious sermon on I taste, and that it was the,; Opposition’s duty to expose: deficiencies in the Government. If the Government' could not stand the heat, it should get out of the kitchen.

! Mr W. L. Young (NatMiramar) said that the large deficit in overseas reserves I could have been prevented if j the flood of imports had been I checked.

! The price New Zealand had (to pay for prosperity was slooom of overseas reserves. Closer consultation with manufacturers and the business community could have ensured only goods-not manufactured in New Zealand 11 were imported.

Mr Young asked why |young people and women had ‘to be “hit” with increased ! sales taxes on records, cosjmetics and deodorants, and why women should have to pay more for trying to make ■ themselves more attractive.