Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 20/7/23

$90m to help wean Fonterra from coal, an easing of our liquor laws – and a crackdown on those bloody ram-raiders

A question about corporate welfare is answered in the latest batch of statements posted on the government’s official website.

The question is: which corporate giants are being given a funding pick-me-up?

Point of Order: DoC doubles the dip for doing good to biodiversity and heritage sites

That means $9.2m will be distributed

Oh goody – an invitation to a trough which has been laden with twice as much largess this year because it was not available last year.

Inviting potential applicants to slurp at the $9.2 million swill, Acting Conservation Minister Meka Whaitiri described it as a fund for community-led efforts to protect threatened species and at-risk cultural heritage.

It has opened for applications today.