Wallace Chapman and the Back Benches Panel and special guests while they battle it our over the week’s hottest topics! FLAT TAX: Don Brash of the 2025 group says a flat tax of 20-25% is the key to catching up with Oz? (Don’t think he does Trevor) Is he right? And ORGAN DONATION: Why does New Zealand have one of the lowest organ donation rates in the world? Is it time to re-evaluate our laws?
Join us for a night of LIVE pub politics from the Backbencher Pub on Wednesday, 2nd of December. Our Panel: Green Party MP Sue Kedgley, Labour MP Chris Carter, and National MP Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga.
Re-evaluate laws? Do you mean force people? Why do we need to catch up with OZ? Looks like a good line up.
“Bach” Benches – bring on the summer break already Trev?
@Taranaki – Bach Benchers… maybe they’ve set it to music and the MPs will be accompanied by a full orchestra
And the keys aren’t even together.
Bark benches
“Do you mean force people?”
The family of the deceased has power to override the wishes of the deceased – usually(?) so as to stop organs being donated (as the wish was) at all.
That has to be a cruel decision for the family.
Cruel decision for the family to make, denying live people usable organs like that.
Maybe they can’t bear the thought of their loved one being carved up, or have religious views. I feel sorry for them.
As a young doctor often in the position of asking for organs from grieving family members I used to get a near 100% acceptance of donation by asking the family NOT to make a decision but to simply respect the wishes of the deceased. If the prospective donor had ever expressed a wish to donate then as a mark of respect the family should carry out this wish.
Good way of putting it Fisiani.
Still support a change though.
I’m an organ donor. On the record.
I do look forward to Bark Benches every week.
Good on you, Clare.
Personally I think we should take a good close look at the market-based model that was been an outstanding success in one particular country.
Q; Can you guess which one?
A; IRAN
(Seriously)
I’ve just read it, interesting, it really has been good for them in reducing coercion and dodgy practices.