Tom Frewen: The Week In Parliament

• Tom Frewen: Parliament returns from fortnight's break to start another three-week sitting period. Government puts House under urgency on Thursday but fails to produce ACC bill to fill it. A new members' bill from the Greens Keith Locke has potential to trigger debate on whether New Zealand becomes a republic. ACC minister Nick Smith apologises for remarks on suicide and Broadcasting Minister, Jonathan Coleman, dodges opposition bullets as TVNZ and Maori TV bids for world cup free-to-air television rights cause tension between National ministers and Maori Party MPs.

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