Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 22/10/24

Govt moves to safeguard our children at school – and to provide lunches – but victims of abuse will receive an apology

Our well-being is being fostered on many fronts in a raft of government initiatives announced over the past 24 hours.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 25/6/24

Now that astrology is being saluted – would the cancer-drugs fuss have been foreseen if govt read the stars before Budget Day?

The news media made much of the ministerial statement which was announced just after Point of Order monitored the Beehive website yesterday.

The press statement from Health Minister Dr Shane Reti and Associate Health Minister David Seymour was somewhat imprecise in announcing the government’s deliverance of “up to 26 cancer treatments” as part of an overall package of “up to 54 more new medicines”.

Chris Lynch: Revised Three Strikes Law to include strangulation and suffocation offences

The Government has introduced a Bill to restore the Three Strikes sentencing law, with tougher sentences.

Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee said “New Zealanders are rightly concerned about violent crime. We are delivering on our commitment to introduce a revised Three Strikes law as one of our key law and order priorities.