Thanks to all the kind emails and calls re Labour’s performance in the House on the money laundering and remuneration authority legislation last night. Our team was on fire. Here is 5min that highlights the nats problem.
Thanks to all the kind emails and calls re Labour’s performance in the House on the money laundering and remuneration authority legislation last night. Our team was on fire. Here is 5min that highlights the nats problem.
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Great speech, LOL
Freedom of the media is vital for a decent democracy. 
Good effort Trevor. Very funny. Considerably more eloquent than the Letterman Show. What great timing for the AML Bill to come up.
Well done Trevor.
There is something rather smelly in the state of Wellington. It is one of those issues that will not go away and the Nats have a problem. Either they cauterise the wound and cut Blinglish now or they do not do this and experience the seep, seep, seep of public support as indignation builds.
It is a bit like the night class fiasco, the longer it continues the grumpier Kiwis will get.
Crosby Textor have their work cut out on this one …
Good stuff Trevor. Don’t be in too much of a hurry to help Bill start a new career.
Mr Mallard I think in retrospect that speech will be seen as very immature if the auditor general reports back that there is no problem with Mr English’s allowance claim.
I think it is good the auditor general is investigating. The auditor general is a person of very high integrity. I hope when the AG issues the report, politicians don’t attack his integrity as happened under the last Labour Government.
Hi Tim
You are quite right that the auditor general will be the arbiter on this matter.
Have you had a chance to look at the two documents Trevor has made available in the next blog post? I would be surprised if the Auditor General’s decision falls outside of the clear framework displayed in those documents.
Clever speech Mr Mallard. On fire indeed.
Isn’t the AG role about to change hands in the next two weeks?
sean Mr Farrar has posted an interesting analysis of the test.
I don’t doubt the Auditor General’s integrity in conducting a full and fair investigation. It’s not for me to prejudge what his determination might be, but whatever he decides I don’t doubt it will be fair and reasonable.
Perhaps Mr Mallard might do well to prejudge the Auditor General’s investigation as well.
Hi Tim
Thanks for the reference to Kiwiblog, but I don’t go there anymore. The discussion threads repelled me. I literally believe that some of the most frequent commentators need professional help. In other cases on the threads, the trolling amounted to bullying, and arguments decided by volume not evidence. Finally, a high proportion of the commentators make the New Zealand herald’s ‘Your View’ comments look literate. My life is too short to get into all that.
I find that Red Alert is a good forum for discussions. Dispite what some detractors claim, the moderation on this site is good, if anything too generous, the MPs will front in face of vigourous opposition, and the threads can be very productive.
As for Trevor anticipating the Auditor General’s decision in public, well that is up to him. I think, given the framework the Auditor General previously operate in, Mr Mallard isn’t taking too much of a risk.
Anyway, I’m off for the weekend. I hope you enjoy yours.
Tim – he will be a she.
and I’m not sure what your final sentence means
Yes Mr Mallard, quite.
It appears I missed a “not” in my last sentence.
Good job Trev.
What do you think of Key’s performance in the US media – did you notice the three lies: that New Zealand doesn’t generate 70 percent its energy via hydropower, that Key will not be available to collect tourists from the airport and, most heinous, that Auckland Airport does not have a “Cinnabon” outlet?
Maybe that last one seems trivial and, perhaps in some respects it is; only, that little lie was actually a product placement. So, not only do we have Key making an utter Goober of himself on a major US network, we also have the Prime Minister of New Zealand becoming a US bakery salesman.
I guess from this experience we can say that three out of ten statements Key makes are inconsistent with reality and, further, the US public relations industry is putting words in his mouth. The saddest thing, as far as New Zealand is concerned, is that Key probably doesn’t even realise.
Very well done Mr. Mallard, “Big Ups” to you
I hope you keep on at Double Diptons hypocracy.
If a finance minister says we need to harden up & tighten our belts, so should he! ( Even this approach to bad language not acceptable Trevor )Grrrrr.
The Night Class issue seems to be cooling down, would like to see it back in the headlights
key is a front man.He’s not the one making the decisions.Thats why he’s minister of tourism so while he’s away.
I just can’t fathom whether the timing of this legislation was deliberate or incompetence. Surely someone must have said “Guy, you know this corruption legislation, you don’t think it might resonate uncomfortably with the whole Double Dipper from Dipton thing, do you?”. Surely there must be a gatekeeper? Mind you, with Gerry’s incompetent handling of the House, this week, I think incompetence is pushing its way to the top of my preferred explanations.
Nice work Trev, this bill is a gift that is to good to be true.
Simon Power has always been ambitious HMMMMMM?