Comments on: Parliament 16 February 2011

By: Paulus

Paulus — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:23:08 +0000

Did Bill English diss the opposition in his inability to give a firm valuation, in order not to give too much away on pricing ?

By: Joel Rowan

Joel Rowan — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:32:35 +0000

Kept Man Trottman has desperate need of a bed in a resthome. His arguments are dreadful and his ability to articulate such seem to be indicative of a degenerative disease that impairs speech and cognitive thought.

Being a New Zealand First supporter or member appears to be a degenerative disease that impairs cognitive thought…

By: XChequer

XChequer — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:19:51 +0000

By: Bevan

Bevan — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:30:46 +0000

Welfare is likely to be another big issue with Labour and Greens looking to ask questions about the woman who says she considered prostitution to pay for her childcare.

I’m confused why the Greens and Labour would make a big deal out of this. Those two parties were at the fore front of making prostitution legal in NZ.

By: campit

campit — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:52:01 +0000

Presumably the answer to question 8 is that rates have increased by 2.2% because of the Gst increase to 15%?

By: Elaycee

Elaycee — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:49:55 +0000

@davidp: Agree Question 12 will be good – it’s an ideal segue into Trevor’s scalping activities.

By: davidp

davidp — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:33:01 +0000

>Hon TAU HENARE to the Minister for Economic Development: What progress has he made declaring the Volvo Ocean Race Stopover a major event under the Major Events Management Act 2007?

Oh please let this turn in to a denunciation of ticket scalping!

By: fooman

fooman — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:19:43 +0000

“Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE to the Minister for State Owned Enterprises: Does he still intend to sell 49 per cent of the four State-owned energy companies?”

This one will also be interesting, given the addmission of the Govt. that the opportunity costs of the sale, according to Treasury, do actually exceed any benefits.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/6429541/Govt-says-asset-sales-will-cut-debt

By: Monty

Monty — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:15:32 +0000

Will Trev be in the house today – or will he be on Gardening Leave? (or should that be at his other job as a professional bike rider)

I bet he is a pussy and bikes for the hills – I will be surprised if he is man enough to front up. Resign Mallard – you are already a proven liar, bully, hyprocrite and if the tickets were complementry you are also corrupt and a thief (I regard this as theft as a servant)