Posts by Peter Martin
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You should be in a shed giovanni . Real blokes don't go near a garage...
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Are journalists trying to establish detail about how Mary English fits into this story?
They may indeed be.Her husband alluded to it in an answer to an oral question last week :
I resent that implication. [Interruption] If the member really wants to know, the only Pereira I knew before was Tino Pereira, whom I understand was very close to the previous Labour Government. That does not mean he did not have something to contribute to the welfare of Pacific Island people. That member will know that I have my own connections with that community by blood relationship.
Sua William Sio has been asking questions of Te Heu Heu on this every day with Annette King in on the action too.
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Maybe it's me...but I can't seem to get particularly energised over this matter. It probably shouldn't have happened, though I can understand why it might have...and I have already said I have no problem with the rules being amended in favour of being able to reimburse the coffers. By all means ensure it doesn't get out of hand and kept within boundaries.
But 'troughing'? Flowers, videos, a spa...troughing? Just pay it back when ya get home.
We spend over two hundred thousand supporting a MP's ability to run off at the mouth and quibble about chocolate from the mini bar?
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Minister "Heres the $450 hotel bill.... line item 5 and 7 are my personal expenses and heres a cheque for $37.50."
That doesnt bother me at all (despite it being against the rules).
Agreed. In fact I would go so far as to amend said rules to allow this.
Plenty of restaurants won't split accounts...hotels with a party of several guests seem to be just as reluctant. -
but somehow you guys seem to have the idea that there is some kind of "safe" tobacco/cannabis consumption with respect to lung cancer. That isn't true
I understand that smoking is but one way of ingesting the stuff . I also seem to remember that a previous government decided to criminalise anything that might mitigate the harm smoking it does...
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Hey...arithmetic stole my tax cuts.
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Many thanks for that plugin Tim. Works a treat...and just as well...I was really missing Mr Stewart.
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Has anyone explained the rationale behind exempting private schools from the standards?
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is more open to dealing with the needs of disabled children?
I have noticed that special needs children do tend to gather at schools where there is a sympathetic principal .
I wonder if such groupings would have an effect on league... er, the schools performance. -
Currently family members supporting disabled family members get up to 28 days respite/carer support entitlement.
A day is 24 hours and the respite allowance allows for the disbursement of $76.00 for informal care ( family members, friends etc) and $85.50 for formal carers for that 24 hour period.
Oddly, it can be difficult to find folk who would give you a day off. Even if you do give them their $3.16 per hour.