Mike Hosking: We don't care enough about education

Is it possible that our education standards are now so low, that when the reading report that got produced yesterday shows our score is the lowest ever, the reason you didn’t see that story anywhere apart from this show is because no one cares?

And that’s why education is the way it is.

Point of Order: ACT could tap into a rich vein of support by pushing for higher education standards and a stronger Defence force

Emerging from its annual conference, the ACT Party’s leadership appears to regard itself already as a key element in the next government.

ACT leader David Seymour had the conference cheering as he spoke of how ACT would ensure in the first hundred days of the next government, Labour’s measures on Three Waters, the Māori Health Authority, the 39c tax rate, and Fair Pay Agreements would all be gone, just as ACT’s policies on 90-day trials, three strikes, oil and gas exploration and charter schools would be reinstated.

No surprises there.