Recently Madeleine was on a TV panel discussion regarding the issue of abortion and parental notification/consent which will go to air in the next week. During the ensuing dialogue Dr Paul Hutchinson, National Party Member of Parliament for Hunua, specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and former member of the Abortion Supervisory Committee, raised the famous [...]
Entries Tagged as 'National Party'
During, Sherwin & Hutchison on Backstreet Abortion
November 21st, 2009 6 Comments
Tags: Abortion · Backstreet Abortion · Feticide · Paul Hutchison · Susan Sherwin · Wayne Facer · Zoe During
Christchurch Event: John Boscawen, David Garrett, Larry Baldock on s59
September 16th, 2009 4 Comments
Recently I attended a public meeting in support of John Boscawen’s Bill to restore the right of parents to use reasonable force for the purposes of correction in the course of parenting removed by the current s59 of the Crimes Act. This Bill will be voted on shortly and for those of us who voted [...]
Tags: David Garrett · John Boscawen · John Key · Larry Baldock · Referenda · s59 · Smacking
Boscawen’s Smacking Bill drawn from the Ballot
August 26th, 2009 No Comments
In impeccable timing, this afternoon I heard the announcement that ACT MP John Boscawen’s Bill to amend Section 59 of the Crimes Act, in line with the Borrows amendment that defined reasonable force, had been drawn from the ballot. However, John Key swiftly announced that National would not back it to Select Committee trotting out [...]
Tags: John Boscawen · John Key · Smacking
Dear Mr McCully,
August 26th, 2009 5 Comments
The law criminalises smacking, the best and most faithful reading of the law deems any use of force for the purposes of parental correction criminal; experts in legal interpretation agree on this. The people have objected loudly and all you have done is issue a promise to not enforce the law; a promise that can [...]
Tags: National Party · NZ Government · Referendum · Smacking
So What if She Wore the Same Jacket Twice?
November 23rd, 2008 6 Comments
When I first read reports on the blogosphere about the NZ Herald commenting on Bronagh Key’s wearing the same jacket twice, I thought that the article everyone was linking to must have been related to John Key’s swearing in, where she wore the offending jacket the second time and the fashion comments had to be [...]
Tags: Bronagh Key · Feminism · John Key · National Party
And United Future’s Baubles Are…
November 16th, 2008 4 Comments
National and United Future’s confidence and supply agreement is out. Portfolios outside Cabinet:Peter Dunne gets Minister of Revenue and Associate Minister of Health. Policy Concessions Include: Maintain the policy, research and advocacy role of the Families Commission whilst seeking to achieve administrative efficiencies between the operations of the Families Commission and the Office of the [...]
Tags: Elections · National Party · NZ Government · United Future Party
And the Maori Party gets…
November 16th, 2008 No Comments
National and the Maori Party’s confidence and supply agreement is out. Two Maori Party MP’s get portfolios outside Cabinet:Dr Sharples gets Maori Affairs Minister, Associate Education Minister and Associate Corrections Minister.Tariana Turia gets Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Associate Health Minister and Associate Social Development Minister. Policy Concessions Include: National offered a review [...]
Tags: Elections · Maori Party · National Party · NZ Government
Sometimes the Left are Right: The Right-Wing 5 Headed Monster
November 14th, 2008 No Comments
One of the things I am loving about not being affiliated to any party is that I can criticise my own ‘side’. It is a liberating thing. I stumbled accross this on The Standard and I have to say I agreed with it. Well, most of it. Definately did not agree with the last line… [...]
Tags: John Key · National Party · NZ Government · The Standard
The Voting is Over
November 8th, 2008 4 Comments
Curiablog‘s final results: National 59 (46.8%)Labour 44 (34.6%)Green 10 (8.1%)ACT 3 (2.6%)Maori 4 (2.4%)United Future 1 (0.5%)Progressive 1 (0.2%) There will be an overhang so the magic number to chase is a majority of 122 seats. Most likely formulae are: National+ACT+United Future = 63 seatsLabour+Prog+Greens = 55 seats Other possibilities could happen. The next days [...]
Tags: Elections · John Key · National Party · NZ Government
The “Three Strikes Bill” Moves Forward
January 19th, 2010 2 Comments
I am cautiously optimistic at today’s announcement that the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill a.k.a. the “Three Strikes Bill” will be moving forward as part of the government’s legislative program. In my post Three Strikes: Proportion and Protection, which was published in the New Zealand Law Students Association publication LEX, I argued that the “apparent [...]
Tags: Justice · Public Policy · Punishment · Three Strikes Bill