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Member's Bill
My bill goes down, and Rodney Hide goes off
Author: Phil Twyford
Category: Member's Bill
Created: 09:33 AM, Thursday 20 August, 2009
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My member's bill went down tonight. It was expected given National and ACT's declared intention to block vote against it.
My Bill gets its first reading
My bill will be debated in Parliament on Wednesday 19 August. Labour, Greens and Progressive are going to support it. I am hopeful the Maori Party will too. Let's see what the Nats do. It will only take a few of their Auckland MPs to support it and that w
Why we should fear for Auckland's Assets
Some critics have questioned the need for my member's bill protecting Auckland's assets under the super city. The right wing bloggers have worked themselves up into a froth over it. Baseless scaremongering they say. Even Brian Rudman in the Herald questio