David Parker Archive

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    An MMP moment in the House - by frog



    In a moment straight out of Hollywood and a demonstration of an MMP Parliament working as it should, the Minister walks into the Chamber with a handwritten amendment to the Bill… Minister Simon Power was persuaded by the debate in the House to amend the legislation under discussion. The right of the accused person to [...] read more
    July 2, 2010 4:32 pm - 4 Comments
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    Minor tinkering - by frog



    The Minister of Climate Change, David Parker notes this afternoon: “The difference between Labour and National that is clear to everyone is that Labour has a track record on climate change you can trust, whereas National has a track record of denial, obstruction, and delay.” Yup, here’s a graph of Labour’s track record you can [...] read more
    September 4, 2008 3:47 pm - 39 Comments
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    Balancing environmental and economic interests - by frog



    I have just listened to both David Parker and John Key on National Radio roll out the phrase ‘a balancing of environmental and economic interests’ when describing their race to backtrack on the Emissions Trading Scheme.  I thought The Inconvenient Truth and the Stern Report may have covered off this topic in popular culture, but [...] read more
    May 19, 2008 8:16 am - 31 Comments
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    Helpful advice for Chinese farmers - by frog



    An NZPA story that I can’t yet find online has the Minister for Climate Change, David Parker, talking about the benefits that the preferential trade agreement with China might have for climate change: However, Mr Parker said the FTA was a realistic platform for New Zealand to have an influence on China’s pollution. “It is, [...] read more
    April 8, 2008 2:19 pm - 3 Comments
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    Live climate change webcast debate - by frog



    I’ve only just found out about this but currently there is a live webcast debate on the Rainbow Warrior today in Wellington today (2 April 2008) at 7:00 PM, NZ politicians will debate which party’s climate policy is most on target to tackle climate change. Sean Plunket from Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report is chairing [...] read more
    April 2, 2008 7:45 pm - 33 Comments