Apparently, it is okay now for media to call someone a “dick”, as TVNZ Breakfast host John Campbell was not censured for calling Donald Trump’s son “a total dick”
Today’s heartless “Dick” of the day is Labour MP Damien O’Connor for saying that Covid-19 has taught the tourism industry “not to be so cocky”
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says Covid-19 has taught the tourism industry “not to be so cocky” after a slump in international tourism saw it lose its spot as the top export earner to the dairy industry.
“We have just gone through an amazing 12-month period in our country where we have learnt a lot about ourselves, as people, as a community and as sectors and industries,” O’Connor told an audience of agricultural leaders and politicians at Central Districts Field Days in Feilding on Friday.
“The tourism industry learnt not to be so cocky, that’s not to go around saying how great they are and how big they are, cause it can change,” said O’Connor, who has previously held the role of tourism minister.
[…] National’s agriculture spokesman David Bennett, who was at the event, said O’Connor’s comments about the tourism industry were “disgusting”.
“The borders are closed through Government policy which they have no control over,” Bennett said.
“They have been asking for a bubble with Australia for months and the Government hasn’t acted, and then he blames the sector for getting cocky, it’s disgusting, it shows he has no regard for what business is like.”
The farming industry could similarly be impacted by a biosecurity issue which impacted its work, he said.
“Would he then say that we were all too cocky, and we would have to take the hit?”
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