Baubles for the Greens also
November 29th, 2005 at 8:21 am by David FarrarIt appears the Greens have won some small baubles also. Each Party gets a parliamentary service budget based on number of MPs out of which staff are hired, and funds allocated.
Despite also not being in Government, and in fact having said they will abstain on supply and confidence, the Greens are getting staff funded from Ministerial Services (which doesn’t come out of the Greens allocation).
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November 29th, 2005 at 8:50 am
Interesting, but instead of Gerry attacking it like this, he should have just put down a question for the Government Spokesperson on Buy New Zealand Made…
Vote:November 29th, 2005 at 10:11 am
To be fair, the Greens never said they didn’t want baubles.
Vote:November 29th, 2005 at 10:39 am
“The Greens have always said that policy is what matters.”
On numerous occasions Green party people have said that they were in Parliament to make a difference and get their policies adopted, not to hold office…
Now, admittedly they didn’t use the word baubles, and most of these statements were made when it either looked like, or was certain, that the Greens weren’t going to be in cabinet, but there were numerous claims by the Green to no-bauble effect.
Vote:November 29th, 2005 at 10:55 am
As I understand it ‘baubles’ involve limos and free overseas trips.
Are advisors who job it is to facilitate the adoption of a policy a ‘bauble’? I think not. On that basis the entire public service is a bauble
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Vote:November 29th, 2005 at 11:01 am
I think haveing said they will abstain on supply and confidence deserves some baubles. They could vote against, like an opposition party does. And they have actually worked with Labour in the past, and would be now if it wasn’t for the bauble hunters getting pole.
Vote:November 29th, 2005 at 11:36 am
By having some Ministerial Services atff in their offices, the Greesn can afford to pay their frogs more money from their bulk funded budget, and hence attract a better class of Frog
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