Archive for November 28th, 2007

Guyana proposes a deal

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Here’s an unusual truth or dare challenge:
The government of Guyana has said it is willing to place its entire standing forest under the control of a British-led, international body in return for a bilateral deal with the UK that would secure development aid and the technical assistance needed to make the change to a green […]

The war on obesity

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Yesterday the government released its response to the Health Select Committee’s inquiry into obesity and type-2 diabetes.  It adopted most, but not all of the recommendations, which led Health Minister David Cunliffe to say:
“This Government has made health promotion and disease prevention a priority.”
But the somewhat unimpressed Obesity Action Coalition called on the government to […]

Getting effective pragmatic results

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

There is often talk from some of the other parties in Parliament about how they are effective, stable or pragmatic compared to the Greens.   So, let’s do a quick analysis of what legislative change each party has achieved in the last term.  Getting a bill through parliament is hard work when you are not […]