Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 12/8/23

Megan Woods brays about $33.3m. energy funding for big businesses – but how much was spent on warming 15 whare?

Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods, in two press statements, eagerly answers one of the burning questions which concerns Point of Order when we monitor the government’s official website: how are ministers spending (or misspending) our money today?

One statement tells us where $33.3 million will be going: into primary industry sector projects to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and cut carbon emissions in partnership with Government.

Point of Order: O’Connor goes to Paris (will they make a movie of it?)

While his colleagues spend millions back home and crimp liquor sales

Damien O’Connor has been busy with international duties. At the weekend he met with Aussie ministerial counterparts in Queenstown to discuss the advancement of trans-Tasman cooperation under the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement before packing his bags to head for Paris where he will co-chair an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ministerial meeting.