Question 10 was challenged by the opposition, but Brownlee let it stand. 'He's finally done something that I agree with' - Gary
Regarding anti-war protests: hit me up and I'll probably turn up, but I'm not really plugged into that scene. 1. Chippy to the Prime Omelette C 7, PO 3 'If you care about climate change ... vote for fast-track legislation' - Prime Omelette. This is exactly what he meant: the ellipsis was just a bunch of filler. 'Lowering daily smoking rates' - the Omelette. My take: yeah, right! 'The Prime Minister is responsible for a Minister's actions' - some twat called a judge a communist: I think it was Shane Jones. 'The Minister was being descriptive, not critical' - Prime Omelette.
2. Costley to Willis TC 5, NW 4
AA+ foreign currency debt ranking. This remained the same, though National were touting it as if it was some major victory. 'Privileged rich white boy asking privileged rich white boy questions' - Gary 'Debt [projected] to stabilise as a proportion of GDP, then reduce' - Nicola 3. Edmonds to Willis BE 6, NW 4 $216 million tax break for the tobacco industry. 'I reject the characterisation' - Nicola The populist right is mastering identity politics, and that was clearly displayed today. Suddenly, they're talking about offensive content and hurt feelings.
'The Budget was pretty good' - Nicola. 4. Lu to Bishop NL 5, CB 5
'One-stop shop' fast-track process.
20% of the projects are renewables; 5% each for mining and quarrying. 'Who appoints the expert panel?' - Gary.
'Cut through the red and green tape' - Bishop. I've never heard of green tape...
5. Woods to Brown MW 6, SB 4
Why LNG? 'A flexible source of energy' - Simeon, quoting Anthony Albanese.
'We need more gas' - Simeon. The coalition has taken to calling this an 'energy security crisis', but my personal view is that we have an energy storage crisis. Like, we probably generate enough wind and solar energy to power NZ, but we don't have reliable storage. 'The previous National government sold the energy generators' - Gary.
6. Avocado Princess to Prime Omelette AP 6, PO 4
Lots of greenwashing and Labour-bashing by Luxon, with David Seymour and Chris Bishop providing him with some soft supplementaries.
'Profit driving fossil fuels ... keeping fossil fuels on life support' - Chloe, who also said that the Greens are frustrated that they're unable to get straight answers from the PM.
'Climate-burning, anti-evidence' - Chloe.
'We are not shutting off domestic gas to import foreign coal' - Omelette. 7. Butterick to Brown MB 5, SB 5
'Bolstering New Zealand's energy security' - Butterick.
Oil and gas exploration, plus a review of electricity market regulation. 'New Zealand needs abundant, affordable energy' - Simeon.
8. Brooking to Bishop RB 7, CB 4
More fast-track discussion. Comparing Labour vs. National: 'sustainable development' was included in the purpose statement under Labour, while National isn't focused on that. 'There is a difference in the purpose statements' - Bishop
'This member's characterisation is offensive and wrong' - Bishop. Oppression Olympics: that's a new strategy for National!
9. Marcroft to Jones JM 5, SJ 3
A patsy question for Shane Jones that devolved into another pointless squabble about procedure: if Brownlee wants to win some respect as the Speaker, I suggest that he ejects one of the coalition ministers.
'Wild and discriminatory threats' - Shane Jones. See what I mean?
Willie Jackson looked particularly fed-up.
10. Verrall to Costello AV 6, CC 3
Following up on RNZ's report about the tobacco policy advice.
'It was a compilation of information' - Costello.
'When did you first become aware of a document that you claim doesn't exist?' - Gary.
11. Lan Pham to the Prime Omelette LP 7, PO 4
More fast-track questions, this time with a focus on conservation land and protected species. The Omelette didn't answer the questions.
'Yes' - the Omelette supports mining projects that trash rivers.
12. Bidois to Brown DB 5, SB 2
'We are committed to making sure rate-payer's money is spent effectively' - Simeon.
This includes a rate cap for councils.
Louder isn't better, Simeon...
'They're going to force councils to privatise their water infrastructure' - Gary.
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