Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 4/9/23

O’Connor is pushing for new trade arrangements while his colleagues press voters for electoral support

The buzz was subdued over the weekend, perhaps because Beehive big-wigs’ offices were abandoned for the launch of Labour’s election campaign (which ministers aspiring the keep their jobs, salaries and associated baubles will hope is successful).

One Minister who did find time to make an announcement was Barbara Edmonds, Minister for Pacific Peoples (a portfolio that will disappear if ACT has any influence in the next government).

Clive Bibby: Priorities that work

 

One thing that is noticeable from the PM’s overseas junkets is that her priorities are not the ones that will save us. They never have been! 

At a time when the world markets are crying out for more of what we have to offer and are prepared to pay premiums for it, the prime minister’s travel diary is chocker block with meetings with those who have little influence or interest on whether we survive or disappear off the face of the earth.