I believe that the Advertising Standards Authority has tested that and decided that is 100% allowed.

Eureka!
Puffer Fish!

Akshay Chand was under 20, so had a near autotmatic right to bail. Had the law change been in effect, Police could have opposed bail on the ordinary adult standard, so it would have been more difficult…

It is worth submitting. I made a submission last time and got some changes.

Maybe for introducing any legislation that's not appropriations? Otherwise the Opposition would drag the Budget out for years by forcing the government of the day to pass the Budget during ordinary sitting times and with public submissions. Urgency for the Budget is a long-standing tradition conducted…

My understanding is that the tighter bail conditions are for a SECOND offence, while Christie was killed while Akshay was on bail for kidnapping her (his first offence).

Is it worth submitting? I'd have several suggestions:
– removal of financial veto
– supermajority required for urgency
– a ban on bringing any kind of prop into the parliamentary chamber

You think this is an insult, why ?

Some of my best friends ...

taking credit for the law as it was during the previous government

They've blamed the previous Government for all of the cock-ups, so why wouldn't they take credit for the positive things?

And I use "positive" in the loosest way possible.

Didn't see that one coming.

That was possibly an unnecessary dig from me. The bill had a full legislative process. The government is – this time – basically just using urgency to give themselves more time to pass a whole bunch of laws without…

Need to distract from the Labour leadership contest? If the reaction of the National party is any indication, they're really worried Labour might do well out of the whole process.

And what were the real reasons?

I'm channelling Al Swearengen here
'Cocksuckers'