An idea for Red Alert

February 9th, 2012 at 3:00 pm by David Farrar

Former ACT MP Heather Roy used to include in her weekly newsletter a list of upcoming bills likely to be voted on.

Each bill would have a large tick or a cross next to it, to indicate how ACT planned to vote on it, along with a sentence or two explaining why.

It strikes me that this would be a good feature on Red Alert. The Whips could do it after caucus every Tuesday, and it would let people know which bills are non-controversial and which ones are contentious. It would also let Labour indicate briefly why they are voting for or against, and maybe even highlight the aspects they want changed (if appropriate).

Ideally all parties in Parliament should do this – to be open and transparent on which bills they plan to support or oppose, and why. Maybe Frog Blog could do it also?

Tags: Parliament, Red Alert

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 3:00 pm and is filed under NZ Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

5 Responses to “An idea for Red Alert”

BeaB (1,608) Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
By the time Dithery Dave thought up what he should say and cleared it with Trev and Grant, the Bill would be passed and history.
Vote: 0 0 You need to be logged in to vote
frog (84) Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Seems like a good idea David.

I will suggest it to the Green caucus re frogblog, but we’re still very short-staffed in the Green Parliamentary offices with 2 former Green advisory staff elected as MPs and others having left following the election and not yet been replaced. The Greens have more MPs than before the election but for the moment fewer staff to support them so we might not have the capacity to do this for a wee while yet.
Vote: 0 0 You need to be logged in to vote
Viking2 (9,465) Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
ah frog so now you are telling us you are overworked. Better apply foranother paid day off. New Zealand Geen Day. 1st of April. All on double pay.
Vote: 0 0 You need to be logged in to vote
Paulus (1,680) Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 9:48 am
RA have become a joke – they should either shape up or ship out.
They have the capability but Shearer/Robertson should get their priorities sorted out.
Or join The Standard (they are more fun at least).
Vote: 0 0 You need to be logged in to vote
scrubone (2,306) Says:
February 10th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Phil Goff’s not busy…
Vote: 0 0 You need to be logged in to vote

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Kiwiblog