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Dunne Speaks: "Only The Impotent Are Pure"
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 9:10 am | Peter Dunne
The Greens’ current co-leadership wrangle reminds me of former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s famous comment “Only the impotent are pure.” Whitlam was talking to an angry State Labor Party conference in Victoria in 1967, shortly ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Time For MPs To Think For Themselves
Thursday, 21 July 2022, 10:25 am | Peter Dunne
One of the more frequently quoted statements of the Irish statesman and philosopher, Edmund Burke, was his observation that “Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement, and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Time For MPs To Think For Themselves
Thursday, 21 July 2022, 10:23 am | Peter Dunne
One of the more frequently quoted statements of the Irish statesman and philosopher, Edmund Burke, was his observation that “Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement, and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Our Winter Of Discontent
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 9:07 am | Peter Dunne
Winter is usually a time of rising national grumpiness. Cold days and nights, peppered by adverse weather events generally account for much of that. But it is normally tempered by the prospect of spring and summer, and better days to come. However, ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: "Let's Get Wellington Moving" Yeah, Right
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 9:40 am | Peter Dunne
There was great excitement in Wellington recently when the government finally announced – after much procrastination and indecision – its intentions for the ever so over-optimistically titled “Let’s Get Wellington Moving” plan. The multi-billion ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Roe V. Wade Blindsides National
Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 9:59 am | Peter Dunne
Momentum is everything in politics, but it is very fragile. There are times when unexpected actions can produce big shifts and changes in the political landscape. In 2017, for example, the Labour Party appeared headed for another hefty defeat in ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: It's All About The Volunteers
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 9:43 am | Peter Dunne
While much of the focus this week has understandably been on our forthcoming inaugural Matariki Day, it is also National Volunteer Week. This is the time we recognise the contribution volunteers make to so many aspects of our communities. In many ways, ... More >>
Labour And National Both "Window Dressing" On Policing
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 9:07 am | Peter Dunne
National has dismissed Chris Hipkins’ appointment as Minister of Police as “window dressing for the public.” According to its Police spokesperson, Mark Mitchell, National considers Hipkins’ appointment owes more to the fact he is the government’s ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: The Days Of The Independent Republic Of PHARMAC Are Far From Over
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 9:00 am | Peter Dunne
When he announced the government’s response to the recent independent review of PHARMAC Health Minister Andrew Little boldly declared that “the days of the independent republic of PHARMAC are over.” His words were warmly welcomed by many patient advocacy ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Smugness A Risk For Luxon
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 10:05 am | Peter Dunne
Time may well prove Christopher Luxon right in his boast that National will form the next government because of Labour’s handling of the cost-of-living crisis. But it is far too premature, and borders on smugness, for him to make that claim ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Robertson's Budget Gamble On Treasury
Friday, 20 May 2022, 11:02 am | Peter Dunne
The popular test of the success or failure of Grant Robertson’s fifth Budget will be its impact on the soaring cost of living. In today’s climate little else matters. Because governments come and governments go – about every six to seven years on ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Words Matter, Prime Minister
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 9:38 am | Peter Dunne
Words matter, especially when uttered by politicians. History is littered with examples of careless or injudicious words uttered by politicians coming back to haunt them, often at the most awkward of times. During the 1987 election campaign, when electoral ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: New Zealanders' Ongoing Quest For Security
Thursday, 5 May 2022, 10:07 am | Peter Dunne
In many ways, the essential story of New Zealand over the last hundred years or so has been our search for security. Whether it be security from want, or unemployment, homelessness, or cultural alienation, it has always been a constant theme which has ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Labour Relying On More Of The Same To Beat Recession
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 10:08 am | Peter Dunne
With inflation worsening, mortgage interest rates rising, and businesses facing increasing shortages of goods and raw materials, many will be looking to next month’s Budget for relief. Economists, business commentators and non-government political ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: It's Pass The Parcel Time On Inflation
Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 10:10 am | Peter Dunne
An elaborate but ultimately irrelevant game of pass the parcel is being played out at present about who is responsible for inflation rocketing to a 30-year high, with home mortgage rates and other lending costs set to do likewise. According to the ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Is Our Independent Foreign Policy Coming To An End?
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 9:26 am | Peter Dunne
Recent events raise the question of whether New Zealand’s self-proclaimed independent foreign policy is slowly but surely being whittled away in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. First there was the so-called autonomous sanctions legislation ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Time To Look Again At Flexisuper
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 9:46 am | Peter Dunne
The call by Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi to pay Māori a pension from the age of 57 should not be dismissed out of hand. He is right to draw attention to the fact that on average Māori die earlier, and therefore have less time to enjoy ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: $1.9 Billion Spend On Mental Health Produces No Results
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 9:34 am | Peter Dunne
According to Mental Health and Wellness Commission statistics, one in ten New Zealanders made use of the website www.depression.org.nz in 2020/21. At the same time, just over 191,000 people (3.7% of the population) accessed mental health services directly ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: National's New Finance Spokesperson
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 9:04 am | Peter Dunne
In our system of government, the Prime Minister is often described as “primus inter pares”, the first among equals, or the chair of the board when it comes to leading Cabinet and the wider team of government MPs. The Minister of Finance, correspondingly, ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: The Right To Vote Is Absolute
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 8:37 am | Peter Dunne
The most basic and cherished right in a free society is the right to vote. Wars have been fought over it, and people have given their lives and endured other indignities in defence of the right to cast a vote for whom they choose at election time. It ... More >>
