citizens’ assembly Archive

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    Opening up cabinet minutes to the public - by frog



    Russel launched the Greens Open Government policy this morning down on the steps of parliament.  He had a big industrial spot light which was pointing every which way except at the beehive which it was metaphorically meant to be aimed at but thanks to a speaker’s ruling was not allowed to highlight.  Anyway the policy [...] read more
    November 3, 2008 5:00 pm - 42 Comments
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    Citizens’ Assemblies - by frog



    Ping pong and George Darroch both drew to my attention this article about citizen’s assemblies earlier this week and it’s one worth sharing because this is the model that the Greens propose for sorting out the Electoral Finance Act. And it’s the model that Labour has only reluctantly agreed to and National wants to throw [...] read more
    September 11, 2008 9:42 pm - 11 Comments
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    Winston and electoral funding law - by frog



    From my perspective, Russell Brown managed to get right to the nub of the Winston Peters affair this morning. [T]he perfectly legal means by which, according to Audrey Young’s Herald story, $80,000, probably from the Vela family, was split into eight chunks and channelled through linked companies to avoid declaration, does demonstrate quite what could [...] read more
    September 9, 2008 12:10 pm - 7 Comments
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    Herald misses return ship home - by frog



    Like the Japanese soldiers who apocryphally continued guarding their post long after World War 2 had finished the Herald continues steadfastly in its campaign to prove the Electoral Finance Act is an attack on democracy. First it has Bill English demonstrating for logic students, with this statement, the exact opposite of a tautology: “The worst [...] read more
    June 18, 2008 8:55 am - 20 Comments
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    Citizens’ Jury to examine electoral laws - by frog



    Metiria and Russel have just announced that they have secured an agreement with the government to have campaign funding and finance examined by a Citizens’ Jury. The jury will include representatives from every electorate in the country and will be resourced so as to provide a considered opinion about the future of political party and [...] read more
    December 19, 2007 11:58 am - 51 Comments