Backbenches on alcohol
April 27th, 2010 at 11:00 am by David FarrarBackbenches this week will be discussing the Palmer report and issues such as the drinking age.
Come along before it is illegal, or the tax gets hiked 50%!
Wednesday at 9 pm in the Backbencher or on TVNZ 7.
MPs are:
- David Bennett, National
- Carmel Sepuloni, Labour
- Sue Kedgeley, Greens
April 27th, 2010 at 11:02 am
This is one Backbenchers forum they should have invited Winston Peters to.
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 11:04 am
im a bit young to remember Palmer as PM. was he as weak as piss? only lasted a year or so?
did he put in place anything that damaged us long term?
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 11:26 am
Easy money going on iPredict for the alcohol law changes.
Government will struggle to change drinking age and bar hours, but they want to be seen to be doing something, so the tax increase is probably quite likely:
https://www.ipredict.co.nz/app.php?do=browse&tag=4
Obviously i have an interest here, but i’m all out of cash so can’t buy any more even if i wanted…
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 11:34 am
Palmer was not a charismatic leader.
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 11:44 am
Pete George is the master of understatement
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 11:54 am
Soporific might be an apt description.
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
@ Petermcc: Can’t see the tax hike as a goer, especially as Bill English has said he’s not keen on it. Raising the purchase age for off-sales is a more likely option where the Govt can be seen to be doing something. That would keep the purchase age at 18 in bars (ie a controlled environment) and 20 for drinking in an uncontrolled environment. Although it’s not going to stop teens getting bladdered, it will look like something has been done.
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Palmer followed Lange so had a hard act to follow, and suffered from his connections with the Douglas reforms. In any case he came across as academic and out of touch with “ordinary people”, so really is just a greyer wrinklier version now.
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
“Commission president Sir Geoffrey Palmer said alcohol can cost as little as $1 or $2 – less than bottled water – and the saturated market had led to intense competition.”
Doesn’t this just mean that water is far too expensive?!?! $3.60 for a 750ml bottle of water! That’s the crazy part, not the fact that a beer or a vodka cruiser can cost $1 – $2.
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Palmer was the PM who promised to listen and listen he did.
To the bloody Aussies selling waste of time bloody frigates.
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Wasn’t he also the PM who when trying to cut bureaucracy increased it?
Vote:April 27th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Nookin: Good word that “soporific”. Could well be applied to this week’s Backbenches panel.
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