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Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament.
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Budget Day: A Photo Essay
Budget Day in photos: Facts, attacks, stories, protests, pantomime and proclamations.
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Urgency, at a snail's pace
After the Budget Debate begins, it's usual to go into urgency to progress some government bills quickly through the House, or as is the case so far this year - not so quickly.
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Enough numbers, let’s talk process
Once the Budget Statement is delivered, what happens next? The House looks beyond the initial announcement to the three different processes that follow it, sometimes concurrently.
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A taste of something non-budget, with a hint of gooseberry
Like the calm before a storm, Wednesday evening at Parliament was not about the budget. It was a Members' Day including a bill on cellar door tastings. We sip it with its sponsor Stuart Smith.
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It's not Budget week, it's budget months
It's budget week at Parliament, but Thursday's announcement is just the beginning of a long process of the Government convincing Parliament to fund its ideas.
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Parliament's Election Inquiry told blame lies in outdated laws
Parliament begins its election inquiry with a double-header and finds that blame is something of a boomerang.
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