Paywall now lifted: The courts are included in the Government's proposed budget cuts, raising further constitutional red flags. There's also already a backlog of more than 10,000 criminal cases - the judiciary isn't well-placed to absorb spending cuts.
https://t.co/cxKqjE9f5I
New: The Government's budget cuts extend to the Parliamentary Service, according to an internal email obtained by Newsroom.
Experts say this is just as constitutionally concerning as slashing funding for the Office of the Clerk.
https://t.co/8kGPAgMs0P
Comment: A three-way coalition deal full of compromises has Christopher Luxon vigorously cutting “wasteful spending” in the public service while simultaneously instructing public servants to progress legislation he says he won’t commit to law. https://t.co/oqhHTT2Sa7
Good scoop from @marcdaalder, and quite striking that the Clerk of the House would make such a pointed critique of the Government's planned cuts in an email to staff
How Nauru's diplomatic switch from Taiwan to China may add to geopolitical pressures in the Pacific, and what that might mean to NZ. Thanks to @AnnaPowles, @MihaiSora and @CharlesEdel for their thoughts! https://t.co/v21EUXnjUd
@FrancesCook My friend’s kid referred to bras as “booby traps” for a long time after my friend jokingly called it that in a moment of thinking she was funny 😂
A bit of news (after 2 hours of quality speculation, thank you @tmurphyNZ) I’m stoked to say I’m heading back to RNZ in February to be their Political Editor. I’ve loved every minute of my time @NewsroomNZ and will be sad to leave, but also pumped to join the talented RNZ crew 🤩
Willie Jackson was surprised to lose six of the seven Māori seats but rejects the idea Labour’s Māori caucus lost its mandate and had its vote devastated. Political editor Jo Moir reports. https://t.co/QOlOR1buKH
New: ‘I'm not the future' - Kelvin Davis calls time after 12 years in Parliament. His last day as an MP will be Waitangi on February 6. @NewsroomNZ spoke to Davis after he let his caucus know his plans earlier this week. https://t.co/ApJKi9Dh3u
New: ‘I'm not the future' - Kelvin Davis calls time after 12 years in Parliament. His last day as an MP will be Waitangi on February 6. @NewsroomNZ spoke to Davis after he let his caucus know his plans earlier this week. https://t.co/ApJKi9Dh3u
Transport Minister Simeon Brown is assessing new advice handed to the former minister just weeks out from the election on how to bring plug-in hybrids and EVs into the RUC system and how all vehicles might end up there, scrapping the need for fuel excise. https://t.co/UC1pRiQg7l