Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2020
Racing getting more from budget than PHARMAC
12 May 2020 - It is a damning indictment of the Government’s priorities that the racing industry is getting more additional funding in Budget 2020 than PHARMAC, National’s Health spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says
“On Sunday the Government gave PHARMAC an extra $10 million for the next financial year, today we learnt that Winston Peters is giving racing multiple times that.
“There is going to be increased pressure for medicines as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and we need to be prepared. It is insulting to give more money to horses than health during a pandemic.
