Patrick Gower on the week in politics - July 23, 2013

The latest 3 News/Reid Research poll has showed a drop for Labour following it's struggles with the man-ban issue.

• GCSB opinion road trip continues

  Campbell Live is in Opua, Whangarei, Waipu Cove, Cromwell, Omarama and Twizel, talking about the GCSB spy bill.

• An expert who supports the GCSB bill

  The team revisit the experts who have appeared on the show with regard to the GCSB billaand find one expert who supports the bill.

• Key: NZers care more about snapper than GCSB

  What does the Prime Minister think New Zealanders are thinking about the GCSB bill?

• National preps for election year

  Housing, milk scares, leadership, flags and of course fish a hot issues at this year's National Party conference.

• Usefili Unasa launches Auckland mayoral campaign

  A new contender has launched his mayoral campaign for Auckland against Len Brown.

• Natioal Party ministers line up for John Key's position

  If National loses the next election, John Key's expected to go. There are already plenty of ministers lining up to take his place.

• PM talks flag change at Nats conference

  The Prime Minister has been talking about changing the New Zealand flag.

• Workplace reforms 'biggest in 20 years' - Govt

  The Government says it is still considering corporate manslaughter as part of its biggest review of workplace health and safety in 20 years.

• Botulism scare timeline unclear - Key

  Prime Minister John Key says it is "very, very odd" Fonterra allowed production of infant formula to continue after finding Clostridium in its product in March.

• Damage control first, questions later - Shearer

  Labour says it will stand by the Government to make sure New Zealand's brand is not damaged in the international marketplace following Fonterra's botulism scare.

• Call for heads to roll over privacy breach

  There are calls for the Prime Minister's top adviser Wayne Eagleson to step aside over his role in yet another privacy breach in the spy leak saga.

• Dunne considers legal action over emails

  United Future leader Peter Dunne says he is considering legal advice in light of the revelation email exchanges between him and journalist Andrea Vance were released to the GCSB inquiry.

• Peter Dunne questioning Vance information leak

  The Prime Minister declined an invitation to discuss what role his chief of staff played in the snooping on phone and email correspondence.

• Parliamentary Services head resigns

  Speaker of the House David Carter confirmed he received the resignation of Geoff Thorn this morning.

• GCSB Bill needed to watch al-Qaida - Key

  John Key has this morning justified the need for the Government's GCSB Bill by saying there are al-Qaida-trained operatives in NZ that need to be watched.

• Prime Minister adamant over Vance emails

  When asked if it is possible that an email could have been interpreted as phone records the Prime Minister was adamant.

• Inquiry into phone record release launched

  Parliament's Privileges Committee has launched an inquiry into the release of a journalist's phone and swipe card records.

• Sir Geoffrey: Why phone record gaffe matters

  Campbell Live talks to Sir Geoffrey Palmer - former prime minister and former minister in charge of the GCSB too.

• National website attacks highlight lack of security

  There's been another protest against National's spy laws, with attacks on ministers' websites, apparently by Anonymous.

• Listening to Sir Bruce Ferguson

  Surely, when Sir Bruce Ferguson expresses concerns about new spying powers for the GCSB we should listen?