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The House
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Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament.
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ACC & Worksafe: Legislation meets budget scrutiny
2d ago00:05:53Tap to summarizeScrutiny of ministers for ACC and Worksafe raises a disconnect between work safety law change and its cost. No modelling, no discussion, no budget, no problem.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Boggling ROI on art funding and optional rules for broadcast
3d ago00:05:59Tap to summarizeThe Arts, Culture and Heritage (& broadcasting) scrutiny has a surprising Return on Investment for arts funding, and an interesting take on post-BSA journalism.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Financial scrutiny in an election year
5d ago00:10:57Tap to summarizeJune's scrutiny week will be the last chance select committees get to do detailed financial scrutiny in the current 54th Parliament, to learn more The House chats to David Wilson and James Picker. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Politics; starting them young
2w ago00:13:03Tap to summarizeOn any given sitting day, the Parliamentary precinct hums with activity, teeming with MPs, journalists, staffers, officials, and also weaving their way through the hallways of democracy: school students.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →House on Sunday: Budget day and its aftermath
3w ago00:14:09Tap to summarizeBudget Day is a Broadway production with dance numbers (emphasis on numbers), undue laughter and applause, and everyone’s a critic. Then comes the legislating.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →After the Budget, urgency
3w ago00:05:50Tap to summarizeAfter a three-hour long fusillade of sound and fury you might think budget week was over, but that's when the urgency begins.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Budget Day: More performance than spreadsheet
3w ago00:06:18Tap to summarizeFrom sales pitches to opposition counter-branding, on Budget Day the performance matters nearly as much the numbers. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Slavery and terminated subjects squeezed in around the edges
3w ago00:05:23Tap to summarizeWith the House hogging the sitting week, Committees squeeze crucial work into the margins. Phil visits an early session on modern slavery and terminated school subjects.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Transcribe →Document handling debate distracts from Budget Week beginnings
3w ago00:06:02Tap to summarizeThe Government’s agenda-setting going into this week was firmly focused on Thursday’s Budget Day, but the emergence of a story about the 9th floor of the Beehive’s handling of a briefing document tugged Parliament’s attention away from the government's books. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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The House on Sunday: Chamber blowback & biscuit tin tactics
4w ago00:12:28Tap to summarizeOn The House, Louis Collins considers the motivations that may lie behind governing-side members' bills; and Phil Smith considers the political version of Newton's Third law of Motion – chamber blowback.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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