The Parliament Bill makes funding of our legislature more independent of the government. However, it fails to bring parliamentary agencies within the Official Information Act. The Bill also increases the powers of Parliamentary Security, which could have real problems for our right to protest outside. Keep reading “Submission: Parliament Bill”
The Fast-track Approvals Bill does not just remove our rights to participate in environmental decision-making, it removes our right to information under the OIA, taking us back to the dark days of Muldoon and the Official Secrets Act. Keep reading “Submission: Fast-track Approvals Bill”