I was writing a song, so I wasn't really all there today... 1. Chippy to the Prime Omelette C 9, PO 4
$24 million to Gumboot Friday. 'Less than 1% of what they're giving to landlords' - Gary. Fewer new housing consents. 'We are determined to build new houses in this country' - the Omelette. Hipkins claimed their social housing program would result in 580,000 fewer houses? I think that's what he said... 'The two most common statements in this Parliament are "answer the question" and "read the report" - Gary 2. Avocado Queen to Prime Omelette AQ 7, PO 6 More on the motels again... 'We need modern, reliable infrastructure' - Omelette 'The Bill is before a Select Committee' - The Omelette in teflon mode, stubbornly refusing to answer the question. 3, Van der Molen to Willis TW 4, NW 5 I basically ignored this question ... I was spinning rhymes. 4. Edmonds to Willis BE 6, NW 5 'There will be reward for their hard work' - Nicola talking up the tax cuts in the Budget. 'She's channeling Jenny Shipley and Ruth Richardson at the same time' - Gary Foreign buyers tax is officially ruled out. 5. Garcia to Bishop PG 5, CB 5 Housing ... more Kāinga Ora information. 'Privatisation; profiting from homelessness' - Gary. 6. McAnulty to Bishop KMA 7, CB 5 Scrapping first-home buyer scheme. 'More landlords ... I wonder if he [Bishop] has ever spoken to tenants that aren't his own' - Gary 'We are fixing the underlying fundamentals ... supply-side' - Bishop. 7. Mariameno to Karen MK 6, KC 4 This was a tough day for Karen, with four questions that were very similar to each other. Mariameno asserted that removing Section 7AA will weaken trust in OT's strategic relationships with iwi. Karen denied this. 8. Nicole McKee to Karen NM 5, KC 5 Patsy question. More on Section 7AA. Mostly spruiking anecdotes rather than facts. Karen attacked Te Pāti Māori with one of the questions, but Brownlee let that slide. 9. Ginny to Karen GA 7 KC 5 'A standalone family violence target is not well-suited' - Karen. Wtf? It sounded like she was saying that the target wasn't good because it would lead to extra reporting, and therefore wouldn't be a good indicator of if they were solving the problem. 10. Tamatha to Chris Bishop TP 7, CB 4 No-cause evictions ... Bishop actually said their goal was to 'encourage more landlords into the market' Tamatha asked a series of questions regarding whether people would be evicted from their properties for complaining about substandard living conditions, which were also mostly anecdotal. 'The policy intent is positive, not negative' - Bishop. I couldn't help laughing at that! 11. Wedd to Doocey CW 5, MD 7 $66.4 million over four years for the coast guard and surf lifesaving. $19.5 million for the coast guard and $44 million for surf lifesaving. 'Why are these transport costs? Should be emergency services' - Gary We found out why there are cops at Question Time now: it was an IPCA decision. 12. Willow-Jean Prime to Karen Chour WJP 5, KC 5 'lifting performance and accountability across the organisation' - Karen. I tuned out during this question, but it sounded like more public service cuts.
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