"It is a fundamental principle of law that people engaged in court proceedings have the right to access the law as it applied at the time of the alleged offence"
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"I’ve waved Tibetan and West Papuan flags on the steps of Parliament, presented a nuke-free NZ badge to Hillary Clinton — she was rather startled — and presented a letter from antiwar groups to Tony Blair"
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The essence of this is that this Government is overriding one of the most important laws on our statute book—that is, the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act
It is tragic right now when there is 35 times more being spent on roading in the current Budget than on public transport infrastructure. That is a disgrace.
"This is the ultimate nanny State: the State is controlling such an intimate thing as how people in a voluntary organisation can decide collectively whether they should go on strike"
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