Taxation Bill Progresses

by Desk Editor (Thursday, August 11, 2016 — 5:09 PM)

The Taxation (Business Tax, Exchange of Information, and Remedial Matters) Bill has passed its first reading.

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RBNZ Cuts Official Cash Rate to 2.0%

by Desk Editor (Thursday, August 11, 2016 — 4:47 PM)

Questions for Reserve Bank governor, Graeme Wheeler, in the committee rooms, and for Finance Minister, Bill English, in the debating chamber, about the Reserve Bank’s cut in the official cash rate to two percent. Both say competitive pressures will determine whether the trading banks will pass the lower rate on to customers. In response to […]

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Members’ Ballot for August 11

by Desk Editor (Thursday, August 11, 2016 — 1:03 PM)

On Thursday, 11 August 2016 three places are available on the Order Paper for the first reading of a Member’s bill.

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Questions to Ministers – August 11

by Desk Editor (Thursday, August 11, 2016 — 11:54 AM)

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his statements?

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Questions & Answers – August 10

by Desk Editor (Thursday, August 11, 2016 — 9:59 AM)

Economic Programme—Progress 1. MARK MITCHELL (National—Rodney) to the Minister of Finance: What progress is the Government making in building a more competitive and productive economy?

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Stopping Benefit Payments Bill Progresses

by Desk Editor (Wednesday, August 10, 2016 — 10:09 PM)

Mark Mitchell’s Social Security (Stopping Benefit Payments for Offenders who Repeatedly Fail to Comply with Community Sentences) Amendment Bill has passed first reading and been referred to the Social Services Committee.

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Oaths and Declarations Bill Fails

by Desk Editor (Wednesday, August 10, 2016 — 9:03 PM)

Marama Fox’s Oaths and Declarations (Endorsing the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill has failed to pass its first reading.

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Contractor Remuneration Bill Progresses

by Desk Editor (Wednesday, August 10, 2016 — 8:56 PM)

David Parker’s Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill has passed its second reading.

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Foundation of the Blind Repeal Progresses

by Desk Editor (Wednesday, August 10, 2016 — 8:54 PM)

The committee stage of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Bill was completed.

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Hugs, House Prices and Healthy Homes

by Desk Editor (Wednesday, August 10, 2016 — 4:52 PM)

Hugs, house prices and healthy homes – all come up in various ways in the House. Hugs for grandchildren who stay in New Zealand were a benefit claimed by Prime Minister, John Key, arising from lower numbers leaving on OE. Labour’s immigration spokesman, Iain Lees-Galloway, however, cites increased immigration as a factor driving up house […]

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Questions to Ministers – August 10

by Desk Editor (Wednesday, August 10, 2016 — 11:56 AM)

MARK MITCHELL to the Minister of Finance: What progress is the Government making in building a more competitive and productive economy?

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Questions & Answers – August 9

by Desk Editor (Wednesday, August 10, 2016 — 11:55 AM)

METIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green): Tēnā koe, Mr Speaker. Tēnā koutou e Te Whare—and happy birthday, Prime Minister. [Interruption] You have got to be polite. I seek leave to have this question transferred back to the Prime Minister, to whom it was originally directed.

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Estimates Bill Passes Committee Stage

by Desk Editor (Wednesday, August 10, 2016 — 11:53 AM)

The committee stage of the Appropriation (2016/17) Estimates) Bill (the Estimates debate) was completed.

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Housing Still Big Issue as MPs Return

by Desk Editor (Tuesday, August 9, 2016 — 5:13 PM)

Birthday wishes for the prime minister from Mitiria Turei when MPs gather in their debating chamber for their first Question Time in just over a month. Questions dominated by housing issues of prices and supply. Winston Peters gets into a grammatical tangle over whether there are less or fewer houses being built. Prime Minister John […]

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Access Radio Week in Parliament

by Desk Editor (Tuesday, August 9, 2016 — 3:25 PM)

Parliament resumes after a 4-week adjournment, and starts with the usual fireworks in question time.

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Questions to Ministers – August 9

by Desk Editor (Tuesday, August 9, 2016 — 12:53 PM)

METIRIA TUREI to the Minister for Building and Housing: How many years will it take for a median-priced Auckland house to be affordable at three to four times the median Auckland household income, with Auckland house prices growing almost six times faster than wages?

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Spotlight on Youth General Debate

by Desk Editor (Thursday, August 4, 2016 — 3:39 PM)

Preview of the week ahead courtesy of the Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee; Local Government & Environment Committee reports back on the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill; The final two weeks of the four-week parliamentary adjournment sees no select committees meeting, so we take a look back at the Youth Parliament’s General Debate.

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