Labour’s Dunedin North selection
The ODT reports: Labour Party members in the Dunedin North electorate have a rare chance on Saturday to select a new candidate to represent them at the general election next year. Well, the members...
View ArticleMembers’ Bills
Two brand new MPs had their bills drawn from the ballot today. Good fortune for both of them. Tamaki MP Simon O’Connor had the Joint Family Homes Repeal Bill, which is embedded below. Joint Family...
View ArticleLabour Maiden Speeches
The draft transcripts of the four Labour maiden speeches is here. I used to e-mail MPs asking for a copy of their maiden speeches but now the draft transcripts are out in 150 minutes, I just wait for...
View ArticleClark compares two different things
New Labour MP David Clark blogs: The Government has continued to spout the line that its tax ’switch’ in 2010 was ‘broadly revenue neutral’. This is an outrageous claim. It was nowhere near revenue...
View Article“Labour MP clueless on minimum wage price tag”
The Herald reports: Labour MP David Clark has admitted he doesn’t know how much it will cost employers if the minimum wage is raised to $15 an hour, despite sponsoring a bill to do just that. Of course...
View ArticleFacebook and Google tax
Oh dear. I have already blogged on Labour’s release about tax paid by Google and Facebook. But I overlooked they don’t even know the difference between revenue and profits. David Clark, ironically a...
View ArticleHerald interviews David Clark
Audrey Young interviews David Clark. Some extracts: What’s been the most rewarding part of the past year? Representing the local constituents in Dunedin North and being able to make a difference in...
View ArticleProfile of David Clark
Vernon Small profiles David Clark: Clark, a Presbyterian minister, returned the favour, officiating at Robertson’s civil union. (The Wellington Central MP’s partner, Alf, joked at the ceremony that...
View ArticleMondayisation bill passes second reading also
The marriage bill has hogged the headlines but worth noting that David Clark’s Mondayisation bill passed its second reading despite being opposed by the Government. Labour, Greens, NZ First, Maori,...
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Separated at birth?
One of these men is NZ Labour MP David Clark and one is German CDU MP Jens Spahn. Spahn was elected an MP at the age of 22, and is now 33. Tags: David Clark, Jens Spahn
View ArticleClark unaware he got sacked!
David Clark did a press release today: New mortgage lending restrictions will be a kick in the guts to the many small businesses that borrow against the family home – although the Government has yet to...
View ArticleMore nonsense re GST on overseas purchases
The Herald reports: Nearly 40 per cent of New Zealanders believe GST should be charged on all purchases made on foreign shopping websites, a survey has shown. … A Herald-DigiPoll survey this month...
View ArticleLabour jumps the shark
3 News reports: The Labour Party has put forward a possible solution to force multi-national corporations to pay more tax – ban them from the internet. It says the Government should first talk with...
View ArticleLabour says Apple et al plundering NZ economy
Labour continue with their jihad against the tech giants. From Hansard yesterday: Hon DAVID PARKER: … Neither do we think it is fair that some of the multinationals plunder the New Zealand economy—like...
View ArticleFacebook and Google tax
Oh dear. I have already blogged on Labour’s release about tax paid by Google and Facebook. But I overlooked they don’t even know the difference between revenue and profits. David Clark, ironically a...
View ArticleHerald interviews David Clark
Audrey Young interviews David Clark. Some extracts: What’s been the most rewarding part of the past year? Representing the local constituents in Dunedin North and being able to make a difference in...
View ArticleProfile of David Clark
Vernon Small profiles David Clark: Clark, a Presbyterian minister, returned the favour, officiating at Robertson’s civil union. (The Wellington Central MP’s partner, Alf, joked at the ceremony that...
View ArticleMondayisation bill passes second reading also
The marriage bill has hogged the headlines but worth noting that David Clark’s Mondayisation bill passed its second reading despite being opposed by the Government. Labour, Greens, NZ First, Maori,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Separated at birth?
One of these men is NZ Labour MP David Clark and one is German CDU MP Jens Spahn. Spahn was elected an MP at the age of 22, and is now 33. Tags: David Clark, Jens Spahn
View ArticleClark unaware he got sacked!
David Clark did a press release today: New mortgage lending restrictions will be a kick in the guts to the many small businesses that borrow against the family home – although the Government has yet to...
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