Bob Edlin: How can the PM butter up the voters to win back flagging support?......

How can the PM butter up the voters to win back flagging support? Answering simple questions might help

PoO scribes recall reading that under National’s tax plan – announced to win hearts, minds and votes before the 2023 election – a household earning $120,000 a year with no children would receive up to $100 a fortnight while an “average” household with children would get up to $250 a fortnight.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive 17/9/24

RMA to be relaxed for farm recovery after floods – but court sentences are being hardened in a crackdown on criminals

On the one hand, the government can expect to win kudos for suspending the law – or one bit of it. On the other, it can expect to get plenty of support for hardening its law-and-order credentials.

The law is being over-ridden by an Order in Council intended to enable severe weather recovery works to continue in the Hawke’s Bay.