5 Jun 2018

The Panel with Victoria Stewart and John Barnett (Part 2)

From The Panel, 4:05 pm on 5 June 2018

The latest theory on how much exercise we need to keep the grey matter in tip-top shape seems pretty flexible - 52 hours over six months, boiling down to two hours a week of whatever you like. What the Panelists Victoria Stewart and John Barnett want to talk about. Timing is everything when it comes to buying or selling investment property. Andrew King of the Property Investors Federation talks about buying and selling timing, the pitfalls of buying an apartment and the deadline for landlords to meet insulation standards for their rental properties. From tomorrow it's manbdatory for all tobacco products to be in plain packaging, meaning no company branding. Australian researcher Sinclair Davidson of RMIT University says plain packaging is a flop as far as bringing the smoking rate down. Soon the front lawn of the Beehive will be ringing with the laughter of children. Yes, actual children not MPs.The Speaker Trevor Mallard says it's to help "demystify" Parliament and "make families and children feel more welcom". Will a playground do it?