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Urgency done with urgency
20 Jul 2023During a briefer than usual urgent sitting in Parliament this week, multiple bills were progressed through multiple stages each in what would normally take a couple of sitting weeks of debate. Read more Audio
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Parliamentary Privilege: a balance of power and responsibility
19 Jul 2023When MPs screw up the consequences can be public and brutal. But sometimes that response has solid reasons which safeguard our system of responsible government. Read more Audio
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Privileges and more than a sense of urgency
18 Jul 2023Parliament has just six weeks left before it breaks for the election. There is still a lot yet to do, and to slow that down, one or two matters of privilege. Read more Audio
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Geoffrey Palmer: Strengthen Parliament to watch government
As an MP Sir Geoffrey Palmer had a huge impact on the interlocking shapes of government and parliament. The great reformer is still brimming with ideas for improvement. Read more Audio
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Ian McKelvie: Parliament's last country squire
9 Jul 2023Something of a throwback to when most National MPs staunchly represented farming interests, Ian McKelvie is however ending his career as an MP not defined by the tribal lines of party politics. Read more Audio
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The ways of Parliament’s committees
2 Jul 2023This week, RNZ’s Parliament show, The House, focused on the processes and outcomes of Parliament’s Select Committees. The Sunday show is a collation of this content. Read more Audio
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Therapeutic Products Bill in the panel-beater workshop
The Therapeutic Products Bill is one of those pieces of legislation that requires a fair bit of panel-beating in a select committee, and even then not everyone's happy with its shape. Read more Audio
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How select committees tweak bills
29 Jun 2023When things threaten to go awry it can help us learn how they work. So, how do Select Committees decide to amend bills, who helps them; and how do they track amendments and communicate with the legal… Read more Audio
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Parliament's backstop for extra government spending
27 Jun 2023An Imprest Supply Bill is Parliament’s way of saying to the government 'yes you can have that money, but also if you find you need to use more money on it, you don't need to come back and ask again'.
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Ministerial Grillapalooza: Photos from Parliament’s Estimates Hearings
25 Jun 2023Parliament has hit the time of year it turns into a combination of Glastonbury and the Inquisition - the multi-pronged miniterial grilling called Estimates Hearings. Read more Audio
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ACT’s pile-on Question Time tactic
22 Jun 2023The ACT Party has this month latched on to a Question Time tactic of using consecutive supplementary questions on a repetitive theme as a pile-on against the government. Read more Audio
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Bill tackling supermarket duopoly to become law
21 Jun 2023Legislation tackling a power imbalance in the grocery industry is among several bills that wound their way through the committee stage in Parliament this week. Read more Audio
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