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I'm sure Rimmer will deregulate and allow him to "self-certify"...
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Or the law criminalising supplying goods and services of any kind to federal officials or agencies?
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I am very curious as to how many of them actually turn up.
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He is 80. He has a ~10% chance of dying every year from here on out.
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#Stewception
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So its not just Wellington which #SoundsABitWeird
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I miss my dumbphone
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Maybe he should have just... written about something else?
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Whereas what I'm taking from this is that we should ban all foreign military vessels from our waters unless they indemnify everyone in the country for any damage or business disruption they may cause with their bullshit.
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If the cost of one Australian ship protecting itself from drones is shutting down essential infrastructure across a chunk of the country, I say let it sink.
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I'm so tired of the lack of curiosity. Ask a follow-up question ffs. Someone explain to us why we need to make line go up and why it's worth the appalling social cost.
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And which hat they're wearing at the time.
But if a Minister says something as a Minister - in parliament, or a formal interview e.g. - then it is absolutely proper to ask them "show me the evidence for that", and you can go #ToTheOmbudsman if they refuse
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Well, he's 80, so a 10% chance per year of option 3. Probably more, because he is/was a smoker.
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So the TL;DR is that Winston says he's senile, not homophobic. OK...
But this is also a useful demonstration that the #OIA can be used to make ministers show the evidence behind their public comments, or explain why there isn't any.
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I have to say that an official saying it right out - inferior people will just have to accept “a period of correction” - is some of the most British state saying the quiet part out loud stuff we have seen.
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They'll claim "commercially confidential" and so on, but there are very clear guidelines around transparency int he spending of public money, which the Ombudsman will enforce.
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You could try OIAing them about the exact methodology used in the first consultation, its accuracy etc, because that's not privileged. Or about the cost of outsourcing it, and the contract, and the tender process.
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The departmental report is a parliamentary document so is public. But because its a parliamentary document, they get to hide behind parliamentary privilege until the committee releases it.
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That'll be done by the Ministry for Regulation. But their departmental report on submissions won't be released until the committee reports - meaning we don't get to see what a mess they've made of it until its too late.
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Yeah. That way drivers who can't drive smash up the front and sides of their car, rather than just the undercarriage.
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I know people who talked to him once and so he put them on his spam list.
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Next time Labour is leading a Government, I hope that Rurawhe returns as speaker. It's a pity he didn't have long enough in the role to make the changes that he wanted to. Parliament doesn't HAVE to be an unchanging colonial institute choked by its own traditions. It remaining that way is a choice.
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The standing orders can change, procedures can be updated, the Speaker can make new rulings that supplant older ones. It's a deliberate choice to keep Parliament the way it is.