Question Time 22.6.2023
- Amanda Riddell
- Jun 22, 2023
- 1 min read
Tuned in halfway through -- I was practicing my scales. 🙂
2:26pm - Question 5.
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6. Upston to Sepuloni
jobseeker question .. typical Nats bs.
Apparently unemployment will peak at 200,000 people in 2025.
This is so stupid -- full employment isn't actually possible according to economists.
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7. Coffey to Henare
Tourism industry transformation. Pivoting to a climate-resilient version of tourism.
The carbon cost of flying is probably the main problem for NZ as a future tourist destination... and he's just mentioned it! 🧠👍
hmm - that's interesting. Apparently the plan is to manufacture our own aviation fuel.
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8. ... bald National guy to Verrall
Mental health question.
Doocey - isn't he their drug law reform spokesperson too? Gary reckons he's very savvy about mental health, but isn't really knowledgeable about drugs.
My interpretation: the health sector is hiring, but it's still chronically understaffed.
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9. Omer to Mahuta
Travel bans for 55 Iranian officials.
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10. Simmonds to Tinetti
Polytech question -- that's a change of pace. 👍
The draft Te Pūkenga deficit for 2022 = $86 million.
$18 million higher than the estimate.
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11. Ngobi to Webb
1. Commerce Commission study into retail banking.
2. Grocery Industry Competition Bill passed through the House yesterday.
3. Draft bill on consumer data rights - for switching to other banks/services.
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12. Hipango to Davis
More Oranga Tamariki sexual abuse allegations.
Another question where the National Party are poking at procedural failings from Labour - it's like the political equivalent of gotcha journalism. 🥝
Elizabeth Kerekere had some good supplementary questions.