Comments on: A state of urgency?

By: Urgency- Act VI « Red Alert

Urgency- Act VI « Red Alert — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:31:00 +0000

[...] we are about to go into urgency, again, for the sixth parliamentary

By: Urgency | Kiwiblog

Urgency | Kiwiblog — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:01:57 +0000

[...] Left-wing bloggers such as No Right Turn and Labour MP Grant Robertson are crying foul over the government’s use of urgency and getting stuck into Leader of the [...]

By: Swampy

Swampy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:41:20 +0000

Hinchin is another lobbyist for a vested interest group that doesn’t like change – in this case polytechnics. The fact is that these reforms are similar to the setting up of DHBs by Labour early this decade, those health boards also have a large number of ministerial appointees. Polytechnics receive large amounts of government funding. The government has decided that reforming the governance structure of polytechnics is more cost effective than the bloated bureacracy of the Tertiary Education Commission. A few months from now all the whining will have hopefully stopped as the polytechs get on with their job instead of paid political lobbying.

By: Swampy

Swampy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:34:03 +0000

“We all know about the ramming through of the Auckland governance legislation without any public process”

That is not actually true. The only part that didn’t go to a select committee was the transition agency part. The main legislation has been before the select committee. And all of it was debated in open Parliamentary session.

By: Ari

Ari — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:42:55 +0000

Is it possible to remove or restrict the ability to bypass select committee through urgency via legislation? If so, Labour still has plenty of Member’s Bill slots unused…

By: So what was so urgent « Red Alert

So what was so urgent « Red Alert — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:55:27 +0000

[...] Grant posted earlier we have been in urgency. Well once

By: Gary Jones

Gary Jones — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:14:33 +0000

I wonder how the Government’s lawmaking under urgency compares with sausage making. At this rate, I hope the New Zealand people will not collectively suffer food poisoning.

By: Ianmac

Ianmac — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:40:51 +0000

Blip: That was a Roger Douglas thing wasn’t it? Move so fast that the opposition has not enough time to rally. 2009 just like the 80s eh.

By: Rachel Boyack

Rachel Boyack — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:11:11 +0000

Thanks Grant and Trevor, now I know I AM needed at Education and Science at 5pm, I was wondering!!!!

By: BLiP

BLiP — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:53:54 +0000

Jennifer – John Hincliff had a thoughtful piece on the Polytechnics Bill yesterday you might be interested in. It points out that the Bill is fundamentally undemocractic – ironic that National Ltd® is using an undemocratic process to push it through – a kinda double-jeopardy situation. Overall, though, the Bill looks to me like its setting the institutions up for subsequent sale.