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I Bet Chris Bishop Thought he Was So Clever When he Asked Q9

I Bet Chris Bishop Thought he Was So Clever When he Asked Q9

You really have to wonder what Chris Bishop was thinking when he asked Question 9 yesterday. It went backwards rapidly from the primary question and never improved. Bishop thought it was a GOTCHA moment, he just didn’t realise that it was him who was being gotten! He did achieve

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Oral Questions – 6 November 2019

Questions to Ministers Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies and actions? Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his statements and policies? KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he

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Stuart Nash’s Bugger’s Muddle Gun Law Changes
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Stuart Nash’s Bugger’s Muddle Gun Law Changes

Andrew Dickens has seen through the bugger’s muddle gun law changes of Stuart Nash: We seem to have got into a bit of a muddle over guns and it seems to be getting worse. After the March terror attacks using the infamous AR 15, a semi-automatic military style

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Why Won’t the Greens Follow the Science with GM?
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Why Won’t the Greens Follow the Science with GM?

The Greens like to hector us over climate change by insisting “the science is settled”. However, they steadfastly refuse to follow the science with regard to genetic modification. Peter Griffin writes: The Green Party has long had a tenuous relationship with science. The low point came in 2014, when Green

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Oral Questions – 5 November 2019

Questions to Ministers 1. GREG O’CONNOR to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? 2. Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s actions and policies? 3. MARK PATTERSON to the Minister for Regional

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Plenty of Room at the Trough as Goff Makes the Trough BIGGER
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Plenty of Room at the Trough as Goff Makes the Trough BIGGER

Phil Goff has tried to appease everyone by expanding the size of the Auckland Council trough. Now all can have a swill, even his opponents: Phil Goff appears to be trying to keep even his political opponents onside,  finding a role for all 20 councillors in a widened committee structure

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A Damning Submission on the Arms Legislation Bill
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A Damning Submission on the Arms Legislation Bill

Warwick Thorpe’s submission on the Arms Legislation Bill makes for sobering reading. What is really pertinent about this submission is that it is made by someone who has a close association with the upper echelons of the Police. It is well worth reading the whole submission: Submission on the

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