Member's Bills

Louise Upston’s been working on a victims rights member’s bill for more than a decade. After a long gestation and a troubled passage this week it suddenly raced to the finish line. Audio

The members' bills that flew through Parliament this week, and those that failed; including bills on disability dogs, autonomous sanctions and local body conflicts of interest. Audio

This week Parliament banished four member’s bills to dusty oblivion, but like a game of whack-a-mole three more popped up to replace them.  Audio

It’s member’s week at Parliament and the bills likely to progress have a ‘Step right up! - Everyone’s a winner!’ flavour to them. Well, mostly.

Parliament adds an extra Member’s Day and squeezes a sunscreen regulation bill out of it. Audio

This Wednesday Parliament will debate bills from non-government MPs. We have the details. Video

Parliamentary Members' Days can be filled with interest and suspense. But not usually. Sometimes MPs have to keep themselves entertained by littering speeches with rubbish trash puns. Audio

National MP Chris Bishop's members bill allowing organ donors to be paid for 12 weeks while they recover has passed into law. Chris Bishop joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio