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'Fishy': Labour's Ayesha Verrall defends accusations against Commissioner Lester Levy

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Publish Date
Wed, 4 Dec 2024, 7:04pm
Ayesha Verrall. Photo / NZ Herald
Ayesha Verrall. Photo / NZ Herald

'Fishy': Labour's Ayesha Verrall defends accusations against Commissioner Lester Levy

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 4 Dec 2024, 7:04pm

Labour's Ayesha Verrall has stepped up to defend her accusations against Health Commissioner Lester Levy.

Levy - who was brought in to replace the agency's board after financial concerns were raised - is being grilled by MPs for the organisation's Annual Review. 

Verrall accused Levy of having 'a reputation of cooking the books' - citing examples of past roles. 

She says recent accounts have been presented in a 'non-conventional' way.

"That's exactly what I'm saying - this is pretty fishy. You have this process that is being used to justify health cuts where the Auditor-General says the accounting treatment is not right."

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