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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, POLLING, PUBLIC SERVICE Jenna Lynch (Stuff): The PM needs his political radar to flick on - urgently Richard Harman (Politik): The coalition gets a wakeup call (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): A critical week or two for the PM (paywalled) Catherine McGregor (Spinoff)
The latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll has more bad news for Christopher Luxon and National.
At today’s post-Cabinet press conference, Luxon said it was important Bayly had some time to clear his head after resigning.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): How likely is the National Party to oust Luxon? (paywalled) Duncan Garner (Listener): Why I’m picking Christopher Luxon won’t lead National into the next election (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Post): Under-fire MP Andrew Bayly takes a break to
What has been really noticeable is how few people have come to his defence.
Kiwis voted for change at the last election, and Luxon said, yeah, nah.
Bishop may be doing the numbers, but the indications are he is not.
We believe that the most critical lobbying reform is the establishment of a mandatory register for lobbying activities. This is commonplace in other OECD countries.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE Luke Malpass (Post): Suits in the White House and Phil Goff’s untenable position (paywalled) RNZ: Peters say sacking Goff was seriously regrettable, expert says it's justified 1News: Peters says Goff's role in UK 'untenable'
Goff’s remarks about Donald Trump have cost him the best job he’s ever had. Time to pack your bags Phil: you’re fired!
The failure to contain “the virus” raises urgent questions about the effectiveness of current surveillance and response strategies.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOBBYING, POLITICAL FINANCE, PARLIAMENT Bryce Edwards (Integrity Institute): The Silent Death of Lobbying Reform in NZ Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Govt criticised for go-slow on lobbying reform (paywalled) Eloise Gibson (NZ): Simeon Brown appointed prominent oil and gas lobbyist to energy savings board against official
