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"The Australians are quite right to send people back here."

"The Australians are quite right to send people back here."

What happened in Taiwan? Once hailed a COVID-19 success story, Taiwan is now under its most stringent lockdown measures since the pandemic began - with restaurant dining banned, fines for people not wearing face masks outside, and halt on wedding banquets and wakes. "Those countries that did well through their isolation/lockdown approaches now have a real problem - and thats reintegration and rehabilitation of their economies and ways of life," Dr Gorman explains. "In the case of Taiwan, theyve...

It shows how Seymours never been a minister: Collins shoots down ACT select committee proposal Newshub 3 hrs ago Replay Video UP NEXT National leader Judith Collins has shot down David Seymours Opposition-led select committee proposal, and described ACTs alternative Budget two years from an election as "silly".  It comes after a weekend filled with big speeches from both Opposition party leaders. Collins didnt mention ACT in her speech to National Party-faithful, but Seymour pitched ACT as ...

Collins is the MP for Papakura. Seymour talked up ACTs alternative Budget, and pitched his proposal to extend parliamentary terms to four years but with Opposition MPs leading select committees giving them more power over legislation.  Collins says she is not a fan of the idea.   "I think it showed actually, how David Seymours never actually been a minister and hes got no one in his team who has ever actually tried to get legislation through other than his euthanasia Bill, for which was a co...

Van Velden praises proposed gang crackdown because it was practically ACT Party policy Newshub 1 hour ago © Video - Newshub; Image - Parliament TV Watch: Government to ban high-risk convicts from owning guns. The ACT Party is praising the Government for cracking down on gang crime by proposing a ban on high-risk convicts from owning firearms. The Opposition ACT Party, the main critic of the Governments firearm reforms in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings, has welcomed the lates...

Waititi interrupted Collins as she put questions to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about He Puapua, a Government report commissioned in 2019 that sets out a roadmap to co-governance between the Crown and Māori by 2040.  Collins has expressed her concern that the Government is trying to implement "separatism by stealth", pointing to plans for a Māori Health Authority and Māori wards in local councils, both of which are recommended in the report.  Paradoxically, the He Puapua repo...

I will continue to ask questions: Collins not backing down in face of Māori Party protests Newshub 2 hrs ago © Newshub Watch: National leader Judith Collins responds to Māori Party protests. National leader Judith Collins is not backing down from questioning Māori co-governance proposals despite the Māori Party accusing her of racism.  "I will continue to ask questions on the constitutional nature that the Prime Ministers clearly got some plans around, until she starts to answer those...

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A race to the bottom: Ardern fires up at Collins for politicising Treaty partnership debate Newshub 1 day ago © Newshub Watch Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Opposition leader Judith Collins go head-to-head in Parliament. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has accused Opposition leader Judith Collins of "politicising" debate over Treaty partnership during a fiery stand-off in Parliament.  Collins put questions to Ardern on Tuesday about the Waitangi Tribunals recommendation last month to est...