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The following bills were drawn from the Members’ Ballot today:
Education (Restoration of Democracy to University Councils) Amendment Bill - David Cunliffe
Electricity Transparency Bill - David Shearer
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration (Preventing Name Change by Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill - Jian Yang
Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) - Andrew Little
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Health Minister Dr. Shane Reti has been only a ghostly presence of the government’s front bench, in a case of the incredible shrinking Minister. Meanwhile, leaked documents reveal planned funding cuts of over $100M to public hospitals that are already sinking under the pressure of unmet needs.
“Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act was brought in by the last National Government to protect Māori children. Repealing it is wrong, and this urgent Waitangi Tribunal interim report should help National wake up to the fact that ACT’s policy should not be government policy,” Willow-Jean Prime said.
Associate Health Minister David Seymour has announced Pharmac’s largest ever budget of $6.294 billion over four years, fixing a $1.774 billion fiscal cliff. “Access to medicines is a crucial part of many Kiwis’ lives. We’ve committed to a budget allocation of $1.774 billion over four years so Kiwis are able to access the medicines they need to live a fulfilling life,” says Mr Seymour.
A delegation from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukraine’s unicameral legislative body) will arrive in New Zealand for a week-long guest of Parliament visit where they will attend engagements in Auckland, Wellington, Waikato, and the Manawatū.
On 1 May, New Zealand’s new free trade agreement with the European Union - our fourth largest trading partner - comes into force. The enforceable commitments by the Parties under its Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter have been described as a significant step up in accountability on key sustainability issues.
New Zealand is playing its part in helping protect tuna fisheries in the Pacific supporting a new science facility in Nouméa, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, Jenny Marcroft says.
A Kaipara leader has slammed his council over the sale proceeds of an iconic piece of Ruawai history in an intensifying David and Goliath battle. Kaipara District Council (KDC) earlier this month rescinded its December decision that sale proceeds from a $400,000 residential property could be returned to the Raupo drainage committee.