Andrew Dickens: Get Parliament back to work

Can we get Parliament back to work?

At a time when the Prime Minister is urging us to work work work for growth growth growth, Parliament is playing around with unproductive publicity stunts.  

Winston is still banging on about using Aotearoa in the house. 10 minutes debating time was spent on the topic.  

There is no bill on the floor asking for a name change. We know the sorts of people who like to say Aotearoa New Zealand to make them feel good.  

And whatever happened to free speech?

No bill, no story, but Winston’s voters are lapping it up.  

Glad you’re entertained.  

Meanwhile the Treaty Principles Bill continues to frustrate.  

Yesterday Jenny Shipley and Chris Finlayson turned up to rail against the law, earlier Hekia Parata.  

It’s quite amazing the parade of National Party grandees who have been so keen to come out against the bill.  

It shows the bill is not part of the National party DNA. It never has been.  

It’s the plaything of Act and it’s 8 per cent support.  

And no disrespect, I know you care deeply about the general idea, but the bill is a dog. It’s sucking up valuable time and energy and money.  

It’s doing nothing for our productivity or our economy.  

It’s not going to happen and yet the farce rumbles on.   

Glad you're entertained.  

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Can we get Parmer back to work? Just saying at
a time when the Prime Minister is urging us to work, work, work, work,
work for growth, growth, growth, growth, growth, Parliaments playing around
with all sorts of unproductive publicity stunts. So we had Winston.
He's still banging on two days later about using altai
or in the house ten minutes debating time we spent
on the topic yesterday. There's no bill on the floor

(00:20):
asking for a name change. We know the sorts of
people who like to feel good by saying altail or
New Zealand, but it's not a thing. Whatever happened to
free speech? By the way, Winston if Ricardo wants to
say artail or, just roll your eyes and move on.
No bill, no story, but a lot of time debating,

(00:41):
and Winston's voters, you know, are lapping it up. I'm
glad you're entertained. Meanwhile, the Treaty Principal's bill continues to frustrate.
Yesterday we had Jenny Shipley and Chris Finnisson being up
to rail against the law, and they really did rail
against it too. Earlier Hekia Parata had a crack. It
is quite amazing to see the parade of National Party
ground who have been so keen to come out against

(01:02):
the bill, which shows that the bill is not part
of the National Party DNA. It never has been. And
we know this because we know the bill's not going through.
Ask the Prime Minister. It is a plaything of act
and it's eight percent support and no disrespect to those people.
I know you care deeply about the general idea, but frankly,
the bill is a dog, badly written and you don't

(01:25):
have any coalition partner supporting it. It is sucking up
vayuable time and energy and money. It's doing nothing for
our productivity or our economy, and that is the number
one thing right now. It's not going to happen, and
yet the fast rumbles on. Glad you're entertained for more
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