Just a lot of political theatre.
Speaking at Parliament, Seymour described trying to find practical feedback on the bill as “like finding a needle in a haystack.”
“This is a piece of legislation that will make it much, much harder for politicians to just lazily put red tape on New Zealanders,” he said. “It will make it much, much easier for New Zealanders to challenge bad laws.”
Seymour said the bill doesn’t create new powers, but consolidates existing lawmaking expectations into a single “black-letter law so New Zealanders have some rights.”
He dismissed claims the bill would trigger mass compensation claims, saying this had been “totally debunked” by the bill’s own language, which makes clear no new legal rights are created.
Asked about criticism that the Treaty of Waitangi is excluded, Seymour said the bill is about regulatory discipline for all New Zealanders, not identity politics.
“If you can explain why putting in a principle of the Treaty would enhance that, I’d be interested to hear it,” he said. “All these people sort of mindlessly say ‘you must have the Treaty of Waitangi because it’s our founding document’… but they’re not really able to give a practical example of why making the Treaty a principle in this particular law would change the amount of red tape New Zealanders face.”
Seymour rejected former PM Sir Geoffrey Palmer’s characterisation of the bill as “bizarre,” saying: “If he thinks that it’s too hard for the government to keep tabs on all the rules it’s making, he should be worried about all the poor buggers out there that have to follow the government’s rules.”
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“This is a piece of legislation that will make it much, much harder for politicians to just lazily put red tape on New Zealanders,” he said. “It will make it much, much easier for New Zealanders to challenge bad laws.”
Seymour said the bill doesn’t create new powers, but consolidates existing lawmaking expectations into a single “black-letter law so New Zealanders have some rights.”
He dismissed claims the bill would trigger mass compensation claims, saying this had been “totally debunked” by the bill’s own language, which makes clear no new legal rights are created.
Asked about criticism that the Treaty of Waitangi is excluded, Seymour said the bill is about regulatory discipline for all New Zealanders, not identity politics.
“If you can explain why putting in a principle of the Treaty would enhance that, I’d be interested to hear it,” he said. “All these people sort of mindlessly say ‘you must have the Treaty of Waitangi because it’s our founding document’… but they’re not really able to give a practical example of why making the Treaty a principle in this particular law would change the amount of red tape New Zealanders face.”
Seymour rejected former PM Sir Geoffrey Palmer’s characterisation of the bill as “bizarre,” saying: “If he thinks that it’s too hard for the government to keep tabs on all the rules it’s making, he should be worried about all the poor buggers out there that have to follow the government’s rules.”
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I think New Zealanders need to face up to the fact we will never be the same great little country we once were. I watched some of the press conference with David Seymour. We now have the majority of reporters(they aren't really reporters but political operatives IMHO) in this country who are openly politically biased. As David said they are merely there for "gotcha" moments. The viewer comes away none the wiser as to the Bill and its meaning. "Why should the Treaty be included in everything?" The Treaty is not a partnership despite the MSM scrum having been told that it is. The best way to honour the Treaty(whatever that means) is to all work together.
Great start Seymour but we need more to prevent a future Helen Clark advised Labour Hierarchy from siphoning our money into their bank accounts.
How can we avoid a repeat of the changed policy settings, not necessarily legislative changes, which for example suspiciously boosted gang profits and /or equally suspicioualy boosted the bank balance of the maori kings family?
1. Mandatory binding citizens referenda for major changes (not campaigned on) to government finances, education, law and order, etc.
2. Holding politicians to account. The aggregious covid lies (safe and effective) told presumably for Pfizer stipends, must be investigated properly and the perpetrators thrown in jail.
Otherwise all the coalitions hard work will be wiped in McAnultys (and Clarks) first week in charge.
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