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Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 11.02.10
Friday, 12 February 2010, 1:19 pm | Tom Frewen
Opposition fails to prise more details from the Government on plans to increase GST or mine National Parks. Energy Minister, Gerry Brownlee, accuses his critics of scaremongering while Paula Bennett faces a tricky question from Sir Roger Douglas. More >>
Tom Frewen: Week In Parliament, Ending 18.12.09
Friday, 18 December 2009, 4:21 pm | Tom Frewen
Parliament ends the year with a great joke from Gerry Brownlee, a ripping speech from Darren Hughes, a stirring attack on teacher unions from Anne Tolley and seasons greetings from the Speaker, Lockwood Smith. More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 16.12.09
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 4:39 pm | Tom Frewen
Last Question Time of the year is a noisy affair in which Finance Minister, Bill English, narrowly escapes being ejected from the chamber by Lockwood Smith. Anne Tolley riles Labour with remarks about teacher unions and Gerry Brownlee responds ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament for 15.12.09
Wednesday, 16 December 2009, 10:37 am | Tom Frewen
Bill English announces the half year financial update and fields questions on that issue. The Prime Minister is questioned about his commitment to families and is then accused of not answering questions properly. Education Minister Anne Tolley also ... More >>
Tom Frewen: The Week In Parliament 11.12.09
Friday, 11 December 2009, 3:07 pm | Tom Frewen
The Prime Minister sharpens his wit on the Opposition who retaliate by revealing his whereabouts when he's not in the chamber to answer their questions. Gerry Brownlee announces that Parliament will adjourn for the summer sometime next week. More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 10.12.09
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 5:02 pm | Tom Frewen
Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee indicates Parliament will lift for the summer recess next week. Mr Brownlee then faces questions about ACC and the Ministerial Review of the Electricity Market. Climate Change Minister Nick Smith answers questions ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 08.12.09
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 11:39 am | Tom Frewen
The Prime Minister says he chose Don Brash to lead the 2025 Task Force because of his economic experience and because of the deal he made with the ACT Party. But John Key denies a claim from Brash consultant, Mathew Hooton, that the prime minister's ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 10.12.09
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 9:56 am | Tom Frewen
John Key steps up in person to answer questions about his deputy's self-drive car but the Speaker intervenes when Labour's Pete Hodgson goes too far. Phil Goff criticises the government during the general debate, while Tony Ryall reciprocates by criticising ... More >>
Tom Frewen: The Week In Parliament 04.12.09
Friday, 4 December 2009, 12:59 pm | Tom Frewen
In adjournment this week, Parliament held two select committees. The Commerce Committee held financial reviews of several state owned electricity companies, including Meridian Energy. That Committee also heard evidence from the Electricity Commission's David ... More >>
Tom Frewen: The Week In Parliament Ending 27.11.09
Friday, 27 November 2009, 1:03 pm | Tom Frewen
MPs put in a thirty-hour week after Government puts the House under urgency to pass its revised emissions trading scheme legislation and eight other bills. Opposition attacks on National's emissions trading scheme and its reliance on the Maori Party ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 26.11.09
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 4:37 pm | Tom Frewen
With his emissions trading scheme now safely passed into law with the support of the Maori Party, climate change issues minister, Nick Smith, still faces hostile questions about it from Green and Labour MPs. They also want to know why the prime ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 25.11.09
Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 5:28 pm | Tom Frewen
House continues debating the government's revised emissions trading scheme under urgency. During the Law and Order Select Committee's financial review of the Corrections Department, Clayton Cosgrove questions the department's Chief Executive, Barry Matthews, ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 24.11.09
Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 10:10 am | Tom Frewen
House under urgency to pass National's revised emissions trading scheme which was also the hot topic in Question Time. More >>
Tom Frewen: The Week In Parliament 20.11.09
Friday, 20 November 2009, 3:10 pm | Tom Frewen
Parliament congratulates All Whites on qualifying for Football World Cup finals in South Africa, welcomes new Green MP David Clendon as Sue Bradford's replacement, and spends the week skirmishing around National's revised Emissions Trading Scheme ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 19.11.09
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 5:00 pm | Tom Frewen
More criticism of Treasury's emissions trading scheme cost estimates, this time from their own minister, Bill English. Labour MPs take offence after Paula Bennett claims they are sick and tired of hearing about child abuse. More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 18.11.09
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 4:36 pm | Tom Frewen
Finance minister Bill English and his Labour shadow, David Cunliffe, play dancing with the stars as TVNZ's controversial "Plain English" programme promotion gets hauled over the coals in the chamber and the committee rooms. John Key goes too far in his ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 17.11.09
Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 4:34 pm | Tom Frewen
Parliament resumes after a fortnight's adjournment, welcomes David Clendon as Sue Bradford's replacement for the Greens, congratulates the All Whites on beating Bahrain, and gets into a shouting match over the cost of the emissions trading scheme with ... More >>
Tom Frewen: The Week In Parliament ending 13.11.09
Friday, 13 November 2009, 3:46 pm | Tom Frewen
The second week of adjournment saw only two Select Committees open to the public. The Finance and Expenditure Committee heard from Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard, who gave evidence to the Committee's inquiry into the Reserve Bank's Financial Stability ... More >>
Tom Frewen: Week In Parliament 06.11.09
Friday, 6 November 2009, 4:17 pm | Tom Frewen
With the house in adjournment for two weeks, the first week saw no select committees open to the public. Hours of urgency used in the first year of National's first term is high compared to the last Parliament John Key says no decisions have been made ... More >>
Tom Frewen: The Week In Parliament Ending 30.10.09
Friday, 30 October 2009, 2:24 pm | Tom Frewen
Nick Smith finally gets his ACC bill off to a select committee, supported by the Maori Party for its first reading with ACT promising to go all the way. Government puts the House under urgency for sixth week in a row, but again fails to make the ... More >>
