peter dunne Archive

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  Misuse of parliamentary procedure to change Misuse of Drugs Act - by Kevin Hague

  
  
  
  Today Parliament debated a proposal from Peter Dunne to change the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill to allow him to ban any substance that might cause harm, essentially by decree. The original bill — which went through the health select committee in November last year — was flawed to begin with. The original bill was [...] read more
  August 3, 2011 9:19 am - 10 Comments
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  What is to be Dunne? - by frog

  
  
  
  Stuff, 2 August 2011: Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne yesterday announced a 12-month ban on 43 legal highs, which will be in force by the end of the week. NZ Medical Journal, 25 November 2005: Mr Dunne has described the efforts in New Zealand to prevent the sale of tobacco to underage children as ‘fascist’, [...] read more
  August 2, 2011 10:42 am - 10 Comments
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  Dunne and dumber: Income splitting back on the agenda - by frog

  
  
  
  Today, the Eternal Minister of Revenue, Peter Dunne, is scheduled to release details of his regressive and discriminatory income splitting tax Bill. Let’s hope National sees sense and promptly consigns this stupid idea to the dustbin of legislative history where it rightly belongs. read more
  August 16, 2010 9:03 am - 66 Comments
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  Ignoring the evidence again on drug law reform - by frog

  
  
  
  In which Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne takes a head-in-the-sand approach to recommendations by the Ministry of Health’s Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs. read more
  March 16, 2010 11:26 am - 280 Comments
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  Wellingtonians won’t fall for Dunne’s Super city plans - by Sue Kedgley

  
  
  
  Wellingtonians are far too intelligent to fall for Peter Dunne’s ‘we must follow Auckland and become a super-city’ line. read more
  February 12, 2010 3:26 pm - 13 Comments
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  I want to be in a sow crate with Sue! - by frog

  
  
  
  As if it isn’t enough that every politician and his dog is suddenly welling up over our nation’s tortured pigs, last night on Back Benches Peter Dunne claimed to have been in a sow crate with Sue Kedgley. Now, you can’t criticise the man’s taste, but I’m afraid that this is wishful thinking. Sue says [...] read more
  May 21, 2009 11:40 am - 19 Comments
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  More Circular Uncertainty from National - by frog

  
  
  
  Following the circular uncertainty created by John Key and his National government regarding the Emissions Trading Scheme, we now have another round of circular uncertainty, this time created by officialdom, no doubt because there is no clear leadership from the top. To start with, we have the utterly confused and ambiguous signals to business regarding [...] read more
  December 21, 2008 12:19 pm - 82 Comments
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  Putting the ETS “on hold”? - by Jeanette Fitzsimons

  
  
  
  Question time yesterday gleaned a little more information about the Government’s plans for the ETS – and showed the full extent of their ignorance of how the scheme works.Many people have been wondering what John Key meant when he said he would “put the ETS on hold” while it was reviewed. We now know it [...] read more
  December 17, 2008 9:08 pm - 77 Comments
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  George Monbiot gives Yvo de Boer a serve - by frog

  
  
  
  In a new Guardian video series entitled Monbiot meets…, George gives the United Nations chief climate change negotiator Yvo de Boer a serve, and asks if the Kyoto protocol is too little too late for the planet. This version of the video is from eco-tube.com. We all know now that a carbon tax would have [...] read more
  December 9, 2008 11:34 am - 62 Comments
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  The Minister of Revenue walks again - by frog

  
  
  
  Like Rasputin Peter Dunne, the eternal Minister of Revenue, is back once again.  This time his pretence of sitting in the middle while actually belonging to the right of National is even more exposed now that he is actually in a cooperation agreement with National. In his agreement with National we can look forward to [...] read more
  November 17, 2008 2:40 pm - 21 Comments
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  Peter Dunne’s Green electorate - by frog

  
  
  
  Peter Dunne will have rightfully been celebrating having now returned his party to where he has wanted it to be for “nine long years” free of the annoying hangers on and ensconced back in the midst of a National-led government.  He may however be wondering about his decision to reject the Greens so firmly given [...] read more
  November 10, 2008 12:32 pm - 16 Comments
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  Time to name the donors - by frog

  
  
  
  Brian Rudman in the Herald seems fairly impressed with the Greens’ Open Government policy.  He suggests that the Electoral Finance Act seems anecdotally to be having the effect of reducing the impact of big secret donor funded advertising during the campaign. On Monday, the Greens called for even tougher funding rules as part of its [...] read more
  November 5, 2008 11:04 am - 9 Comments
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  Dunne’s fish problem - by frog

  
  
  
  After Lockwood Smith swallowed his dead fish and Winston Peters suffered the ongoing accusations about taking secret donations from the fishing industry we find out now that Peter Dunne might have his own piscine scandal to deal with via the infamous Vela family.  That certainly makes an improvement from his previous funding scandals.  I wonder [...] read more
  November 3, 2008 3:04 pm - 12 Comments
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  Dunne adds his head to the National monster - by frog

  
  
  
  United Future has followed the Greens in assessing the two old parties policy platforms and letting voters know before the election which one it will be supporting.  It’s a bit harder to tell from it’s media release exactly what policies it based  this decision on, but I guess we know from past practice one issue [...] read more
  October 27, 2008 9:17 am - 39 Comments
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  The farcical debate - by frog

  
  
  
  Political scientist Jon Johansson is calling Helen Clark and John Key’s debate arrangement arrogant.  Interestingly, we had a debate about the televised debates last election too, with Peter Dunne and Jim Anderton taking Canwest Media to court to win their right to appear on the leaders debate.  At the time the conflicting issues were essentially [...] read more
  September 28, 2008 1:58 pm - 31 Comments
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  The official opposition - by frog

  
  
  
  Yesterday’s rightwing blog theme finally moved on from exclusively the Winston and Helen show to bring in the Greens to the discussion. The Hive began, With Labour today having committed suicide the Green Party will in all probability be the biggest opposition party in the next Parliament. Then Whaleoil: The Greens should now be making [...] read more
  September 10, 2008 9:05 am - 34 Comments
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  Introduced species - by frog

  
  
  
  The Kiwi Party spent the weekend wrestling with United Future over the scraps of the Outdoor Recreation Party vote. On the funny side, I like this statement from Baldock’s release (with the conflicting release dates on it) is: The conflict [within DOC between conservation and recreation] arose because some DOC managers believe deer and trout for [...] read more
  September 8, 2008 9:23 am - 11 Comments
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  Dunne makes chickens suffer - by frog

  
  
  
  Peter Dunne is pooh-poohing the $180 million compensation package for households that will form part of the Emissions Trading Scheme, which NZ First is claiming from it’s negotiations with Labour.  Dunne’s back of the napkin calculations are that each household will receive $2.15 a week. He then further calculates $2,15 to be about 7 eggs. [...] read more
  September 2, 2008 12:11 pm - 40 Comments
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  What if? - by frog

  
  
  
  I wonder if the Prime Minister is looking back at the quiet issue-focused way the Greens have gone about getting their policy implemented over the last 3 years and is now ruing the choices she made putting together her governing arrangements back in 2005 with Winston Peters’ NZ First Party and Peter Dunne’s Untied Future [...] read more
  August 29, 2008 7:59 am - 34 Comments
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  The silent majority - by frog

  
  
  
  I see Peter Dunne reckons he is here for the silent majority. I’m not sure they’re here for him?  I really feel sorry for the silent majority the way everyone presumes to speak on their behalf. “Our pledge is to bring their voice to the government’s table, and to make sure it is reflected in [...] read more
  August 13, 2008 1:49 pm - 42 Comments