Sir Bob Jones: Lucky Golriz

When Golriz Ghahraman pleaded guilty, her lawyer argued strenuously against a conviction as this might deny her the ability to practise as a lawyer. However, she copped a female judge who was unmoved and convicted her anyway. Gloriz doesn’t know how lucky she was.

Here’s why.

Point of Order: National and ACT remind us that they would pull the chain on the govt’s Three Waters legislation

Readers of Point of Order will be familiar with the raft of issues that bedevil legislation to implement the government’s Three Waters reforms.

They extend far beyond co-governance to financing and debt arrangements and have been revealed in a comprehensive series of articles by Thomas Cranmer.

The government is charging on with the reforms regardless, after Parliament’s Labour-dominated Finance and Expenditure Committee reported back comparatively minor changes to the Water Services Entities Bill that will establish four publicly owned water entities to deliver water services around the country.