27 Aug 2015

The Day In Parliament for 27 August 2015 - morning edition

From In Parliament, 5:47 am on 27 August 2015

ACT MP David Seymour's Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Extended licensing hours during Rugby World Cup), passes final reading; Prime Minister, John Key, deals to rival party leaders in turn but eventually runs foul of the Speaker for creating disorder; In the Wednesday General Debate, United Future's Ohariu MP, Peter Dunne, said resignation of NZTA's chief executive creates opportunity for restructuring an agency which he claimed was out of control; Law and Order committee is briefed by Attorney General's office on implications for the Electronic Monitoring of Offenders Legislation of section seven of the Bill of Rights Act.