I was too lazy to come today, so I'm live-blogging from home. 1:32pm - eating lunch and starting on my scrumpy. Bought a cheap meal of chicken fried rice from the New World Metro. Watching The Simpsons as per usual. Downloading Futurama to watch as well, and considering rewatching Le Rayon Vert by Rohmer. - I received an email from Team Chloe asking for $30 this morning. I'm too broke for that: my Mum (wisely) decided to keep the trust money in her account, and then I ask her for money when I need it. 1.44pm - remembering a young adult book I read as a teenager: H.I.V.E series... - 1.54pm - perusing the questions. Debbie's question (question 3) looks set to spark some fireworks. - 2pm - it's on! Something that piqued my interest from the reading of petitions etc. -- NZ delegates were sent to the international Labour party meeting in Geneva during June this year. - 1. Kanongata'a to Woods Electioneering. More homes, more opportunities from housing builds... Supplementary about Maori and Pasifika women, who are being actively sought for apprenticeships. 53% of the apprentices have been women. I find Labour-Labour questions irritating. When I'm in the house, I'm too busy writing, while typing is much faster. - 2. Luxon to Hipkins Same old question about standing by his statements and actions. Chris H is using this to spruik all the Labour soundbites. National seem to have a cancer theme today, to judge from the questions... it's all about the prescription fees vs. Pharmac. The floods caused the recession, says Labour .. 'the contributing factor to .. we had a technical recession' - Hipkins. Economists are predicting Government revenue will decline... beneficiary-bashing from Luxon: that's a National Party favourite. '55,000 more people on Jobseeker benefits' - Luxon. Seymour supplementary: how is it possible that government spending has increased by 70% without public services improving? Hipkins - 'while he doesn't think it's a positive outcome that NZers wages are rising, we believe that is a positive outcome. We believe that NZers having better access to healthcare is a positive outcome.' - and heaps more that Chris H listed; check Hansard. 'hope always beats fear' - Seymour. - 'When it comes to campaigning by fear, I suggest the member take a good, long look in the mirror' - Hipkins - 3. Debbie to Hipkins The rising threat of white supremacy in Aotearoa. 'I've not received any reports or advice solely about the rising threat of white supremacy in Aotearoa-New Zealand' - Hipkins. The Threat Environment Report 2023 covered a range of security threats .. 'white identity-motivated violence' continues to be the dominant form of violent extremism in New Zealand. Debbie: What is he doing to protect public servants from acts of violence? Rawiri: 'Does he believe the ACT Party leader's comments about the Ministry for Pacific Peoples... has the potential to incite violence against Pacific People and the Ministry itself?' Hipkins keeps on talking about a political leader discussing blowing people up as a joke -I must have missed the memo about that: did Seymour say something? 'That member is deliberately and wantonly playing the race card this election' - Hipkins about Seymour. - 4. Willis to Robertson All gibberish to me! - 5. Roberts to Tinetti What is the Government doing to make maths, reading and writing are taught consistently across the country? There's a plan the Government has in place; didn't catch the name. ah... 'core teaching requirements' - that's the jargon. How are those different to National Standards? Tinetti called those a 'complete failure'. - 6. Genter to Parker Emissions reductions in the transport sector. Apparently climate change modelling is only undertaken once specific projects are agreed on, but not for drafts, so there hasn't been any done yet. Building roads isn't decarbonising the transport industry... good point. - 7. Pallett to Verrall
Spruiking getting rid of the $5 prescription fee.
3 million free prescriptions have put $8.9 million back into patient wallets.
Anecdotes... I hate those.
'Labour's track record is to invest in health' - Verall. Rurawhe called that out as another patsy question by Labour.
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8. Bailey to Tinetti
A Hamilton high school has hired private security guards. Another anecdote, this one from the Nats...
The number of homeschool students has nearly doubled (from 6,000 to 11,000). I was homeschooled from 1999-2002, then one year of public school in Milan, then another 18 months of homeschool before Year 7 at Kirkwood Intermediate.
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9. Reti to Verrall
Tuned out during this one... cancer question. Very technical - doctor vs. doctor.
'the 10 linear accelerators our Government has built' - Verrall.
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10. Boyack to MacAnulty
Rates rises.
'Through these reforms we've managed to keep rates rises down' - MacAnulty
'Repealing and reversing affordable water would be a disaster' .. Wellington would have a 56% rates increase by 2054.
'Localism works', but councils can't do it all themselves.
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11. Stanford to Tinetti
The duel continues.
Stanford said math rather than maths... see, it's not just me re: americanisms!
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12. Walters to Andersen
Litigation abuse - victim support. Another complex issue I know shit-all about.
'This bill provides better protections, while ensuring there are [sic] appropriate access to courts' - Andersen.
Andersen listed a bunch of Labour policies that are about victim support.
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