Phil heatley Archive

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    John Key’s new Cabinet announced - by frog



    Prime Minister John Key announced his new Cabinet this morning. The line-up is pretty predictable, but some of the portfolio allocations and rankings are interesting: The big winners are Steven Joyce and Hekia Parata, moving up 10 and 13 places respectively in the Cabinet ranking. Parata replaces Anne Tolley as Minister of Education. Paula Bennett’s [...] read more
    December 12, 2011 1:02 pm - 10 Comments
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    Nats undermining open government - by frog



    The National-led Government is attempting to avoid public scrutiny of Bills by making Regulatory Impact Statements almost as hard to find as Phil Heatley’s and Gerry Brownlee’s Ministerial credit card receipts. A very poor look as far as open government is concerned. read more
    February 26, 2010 6:49 pm - 12 Comments
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    Some questions to end Seaweek… - by frog



    To end our Seaweek coverage on Frogblog, here’s some Questions for Written Answer that Green Fisheries spokesmermaid Metiria Turei lodged this week to the Minister of Fisheries. No doubt the Ministry of Fisheries is in the gun for cost cutting, restructuring and major legislation review, but the Government isn’t saying much yet. Fairfax papers recently [...] read more
    March 6, 2009 4:40 pm - 1 Comment
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    Welcome to Forest & Bird’s new blog - by frog



    I’m not sure how I missed it, but F&B have launched a new blog. Yesterday’s post asked a very pertinent question: As rule-maker & whistle-blower, one of the first questions facing the new Minister of Fisheries – Phil Heatley – is how many sea-lions can be killed this season? Since 2003, a more information rich [...] read more
    November 20, 2008 10:33 am - No Comments
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    Buying your own state house - by frog



    It’s not often I agree with National on the issue of state housing but I reckon its policy as apparently described by Phil Heatley yesterday seems fairly sensible: Housing spokesman Phil Heatley told a Housing Institute seminar in Waitakere yesterday that National would give back to Housing New Zealand tenants the right to buy their [...] read more
    July 23, 2008 8:45 am - 22 Comments