Questions about the economic health of the regions and refugees as Parliament resumes after a week's break. Finance Minister, Bill English, concedes some regions are struggling and confirms that an increase in jobs will be outpaced by a rise in unemployment. Opposition questions on refugees are led by the Greens' co-leader James Shaw, and fielded by Immigration Minister, Michael Woodhouse. The Speaker rejects requests for an urgent debate on the Government's decision to accept an additional six hundred Syrian refugees.
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