Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
I've read stories of people who allowed 3-4 hours grace and spent all of them trapped on the Southern line. Through no fault of theirs.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Christopher Dempsey,
Ummm, who plans like this?
Hide-bound fools.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Roger Lacey,
fending off tourists who wanted Ronnie Corbett’s autograph
gold
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Ta. Streaming
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to izogi,
yes, funny the difference between 'funder' and 'customer'
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Law lecturer Dean Knight clarifies what the RWC legislation actually entails.
Much has been made of Murray McCully’s so-called “nationalisation” of the waterfront for RWC party central, through the exercise of reserve powers under the special legislation for the Rugby World Cup.
The legal position is, however, very different. While some regulatory approvals for standard event-based activities may be fast-tracked through a special process under the RWC 2011 (Empowering) Act, the RWC Act does not give the Minister the ability to “take control” of the waterfront. The Minister’s statutory role is reactive only, namely, considering applications made to and assessed by the independent RWC Authority. Any ability for the government to “take the lead” on the party central activities must have been garnered collaboratively, and does not come from the exercise of power under the RWC Act.
In any event, the applications presently being made urgently are conjoint applications from the Ministry of Economic Development and the Auckland Council’s events team. These applications were, I understand, in the process of being prepared collaboratively before the Minister’s announcement. And the fast-tracked approvals currently being sought are largely mundane.
However Knight notes one interesting wrinkle..
Finally, I think McCully may well be forced to relinquish that power to sign-off the applications to some other minister, because his actions may have predetermined the outcome and created a disqualifying conflict of interest.
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Hard News: Towards the Truth, in reply to Joe Wylie,
heckle by way of avenging the desecration of the sainted Don
They still pop up on blogs complaining about "stolen" emails - best avoid the implications of a leaker, and it's such a handy distraction from the truth of the content, especially with many of the scumbags still in power.
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Tom Semmens,
in support of Mr. McCully
Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully's sudden takeover after Auckland's waterfront fiasco will not have come as a surprise to those who have watched him operate in the past three decades.
A workaholic, he is known to be abrasive and impatient with officials and bureaucracy and has often been accused of reaching over the top of them to manage his departments.
I'm sure he's ever so grateful that she reminded readers about his 1999 Tourism Board debacle as well.
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Speculation govt may be considering underwriting insurers to break deadlock, though the Minister still favours the market (because it's working so well).
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Hard News: The Minister's Brain Has Exploded, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
people who've basically given up telling Auckland Transport what they don't want to hear
transport sector culture is certainly interesting