http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1307/S00470.htm Green Party welcomes investigation into intrusive powers Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 3:15 pm Press Release: Green Party 31 July 2013 Green Party welcomes parliamentary investigation into intrusive powers The Green Party is welcoming the Privileges Committee’s commitment to investigate how a journalist and an MP’s private information was released, as well as developing principles to ensure this is not repeated. In response to a Green Party privileges complaint against Prime Minister John Key, Parliament’s Privileges Committee is now considering the use of intrusive powers within the parliamentary precinct, following revelations that independent MP Peter Dunne and Fairfax journalist Andrea Vance’s information was accessed without their authority. [....]