Focus on Politics also reported that Nicole McKee has;
"... committed a full 6 month select committee process, to hear public feedback on what she's put up."
#AnnekeSmith, 2025
https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=cf65a0e8-c8c6-43a1-82a3-0d61c93372a4
Unlike many of her NatACT First colleagues, who are happy to bulldoze their deeply unpopular bills through Parliament (*cough* Regulatory Standards Bill *cough*). Blatantly misusing urgency conventions, intended for use in emergency situations like natural disasters, pandemics, or wars.
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"Over the last quarter of a century, the Clark, Key, and Ardern governments have all eroded the simple idea that you are the person that makes the difference in your own life."
#AnnekeSmith, 2024
Good for them. Because like all simple ideas, it's nonsense. In this case, the core nonsense that ties together all of ACT's various nonsense.
"Three Waters was the former Labour government's solution to improving water services.
Hastings mayor Sandra Hazlehurst said everyone wanted better services but the reforms were unaffordable for local bodies."
#AnnekeSmith, 2023
So... what about maintaining your water infrastructure properly by borrowing against your own balance sheet? That affordable?
"There's also nothing to force supermarkets to pass on the savings, never mind the endless legal wrangling over what counts as 'fresh fruit and veg'."
#AnnekeSmith, 2023
#RNZ #FocusOnPolitics #NZPolitics #NZElection2023 #tax #GST #supermarkets #FoodPrices
Tragic circumstances putting a halt to the political career of one of Labour's rising stars, East Coast MP Kiri Allan, was just the start of the party's headaches this week. Along with speculation over its tax plans and signs of caucus disunity, leader Chris Hipkins is left with an incredible challenge to refocus Labour on the fast-approaching election. In this week's Focus on Politics, Political Reporter Anneke Smith examines the sudden resignation of a minister and the implications for Labour as the election nears.
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