NZ Politics 2007
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Clark on Media
Clark on Media More about Clark on Media
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The numbers on member's bills
The numbers on member's bills FrogBlog has an analysis of the member's bills passed, defeated, and discharged so far this Parliamentary term. The short version: three bills have been passed, and thirty failed. All of those passed have been... More about The numbers on member's bills
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Auckland vs NZ
Auckland vs NZ I’ll cover the full Herald Digipoll in my normal monthly summary, along with other polls this month. But I did want to explore the gaps in sentiment between Auckland and the rest of NZ. In terms of party vote, the National... More about Auckland vs NZ
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Utterly unacceptable
Yesterday we learned that, contrary to reports last week, the Ministry for the Environment did not put the contract won by Labour Party activist Clare Curran out to tender, but hired her directly in violation of normal procedures. That's bad... More about Utterly unacceptable
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Election funding: reported back
Election funding: reported back The Justice and Electoral committee has finally reported back [PDF] on the Electoral Finance Bill, and recommended that it be passed. However, the bill has been substantially amended, and generally in a positive way.... More about Election funding: reported back
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Ban all anonymous donations
Ban all anonymous donations It is absolutely outrageous that a cosy deal has been done to allow Labour to keep most of its anonymous donations.If anonymous donations are seen to be bad, then they should be banned totally.Here’s a challenge to... More about Ban all anonymous donations
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The Setchell report
The Setchell report More about The Setchell report
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Slave labour here?
National supports slave labour Yesterday, I pointed out that the National Party was casting around for a new source of warm bodies to underpin its "low wage, low skill" labour market policies. And it seems they've found them: prisoners.... More about Slave labour here?
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"Democracy under attack"
“Democracy under attack” Yes yes yes. The NZ Herald takes they very rare but in this case necessary step of a front page editorial against the Electoral Finance Bill.Audrey Young reports that the Government is moving to explicitly... More about "Democracy under attack"
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The Treaty stands
The Treaty stands Doug Woolerton's Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill was defeated overwhelmingly in Parliament last night, with every other party uniting to vote it down. The bill was poorly drafted, and took a simple... More about The Treaty stands
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