That's not what I said. We all know that they claim to put in many many hours "work" outside sitting time but their sole focus should be in the House
What annoys the hell out of me is that the Minister for Regulation hasn't taken a knife to the costs of Parliament. He could: Reduce MPs/Ministers salaries to the living wage. Reduce Parliamentary services by 10% Make Parliament sit 40 hours a week Have ...
He was the reason that the Government purchased 51% of Air NZ shares to bail them out and save them from closure.
They aren't listening to the commentators and business people so why do we think that they will listen to us?
With Netanyahu in power that is as likely as our Lord returning to earth tomorrow
Why not just arm the merchant ships with high powered artillery, manned by US/UK military?
"Definitely need to remove the cross subsidy of the rail network – this needs to stand on its merits" Do that and rail will fail, all traffic will go on the roads which will then fail because of the number and weight on trucks. Rail cannot pay for it's own...
Don't forget that simple Simeon doesn't care about climate change.
They did
"Napier-Taupo SH6" SH5....
"So for a few hundred million a year in extra tobacco tax, National is going to stick us with 4000 – 9000 dead, and $11 billion in other costs." But don't forget that at the height of Covid National wanted all restrictions removed, with the stated or ...
If MMP is a problem in getting results out perhaps STV would be a better idea
" Career politicians," Seriously? Aren't they all career politicians? Parliament, in my humble opinion, are more beneficiaries than those that they bash!
The Herald has published another "what if we have a huge earthquake" piece today. I have no doubt that if one happens and causes 10s of millions in damage and severing communication and travel thoughout the motu National/ACT will not be able to cope.
Targeting one group over another is unfair and discriminatory. Doesn't the Bill of Rights forbid it?
Agree 100%
The way I see it is that National have gone full on dirty politics with all Simeon's bleating about Labour Minister's conflicts of interest, but nobody on the left are hitting back with questions about the Uffindell report and other National MPs who have ...
He is incapable of connecting with Joe and Joan. He thinks that they are bottom feeders and that, because he used to run an airline, he is important. And don't mention the 7 houses because Joe and Joan own none
Quite the opposite - I so far to the left I keep walking anti clockwise
I do have a problem with the credits available to Judges in that I feel that they are being applied far too liberally. Legislative instructions in the Sentencing Act should mean that all Judges should be applying the law equally to all defendants. This ...
My first thought when I saw this was the politician's syllogism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism Interestingly Seymour's department to reduce Government looks very like Hacker's Department of Administrative Affairs.
And the Popocatépetl blew up and negated all the NZ Steel savings
You seem to like equating morals with Government. There is no such correlation because when in power politicians care nothing for their fellow man. I would love to be able to say "here is my tax - use it to spend on MY healthcare"
Any "excess profits" tax will result in the consumer paying more as supermarket owners move to recoup the cost of the tax That's until another law is passed stopping them from doing so - oh wait, the current "tough" stance against supermarkets has really ...
Nationwide chains of supermarkets, service stations and Kiwibank with a Government guarantee and regulated prices for telecoms and electricity
He's a farmer and by all accounts, a radical one. Farmers believe they can do no wrong.
How many houses could be built on the golf courses? An indication would be the development at Takanini.
I'm seeing this in a totally different way. Coughlan, who is a rabid National supporter, wrote what the Herald called an "exclusive" opinion piece which is characterised as news. He, IMHO, had no actual proof of the premise on which the article is written,...
The Bill of Rights Act guarantees the right of Free Speech which cannot be overwritten by contract - at least that is my understanding. Why are his outbursts a problem? After all the MSM are doing their best to have the Blue Team elected so anybody getting...
She may be Labour's biggest asset in October - driving votes red!
My problem with 3 waters is that I am sure that the Government told me (NZ) that our rates would rise without 3 waters. Legislation passed, then Mahuta decided to introduce a charging regime into the house. What am I seeing (or not seeing) here?
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