National Party's, Paul Goldsmith joins Laura Kvigstad to talk about the recent contraversy in Iain-Lee Galloway allowing a drug smuggler to reside in New Zealand, they then disccus the recent research and development tax incentive, which moves away from crown entities previously supported under national and finally, they discuss the law commissions report that is intended to 'modernise abortion legislation.
We had him, then we lost him but after a few technical difficulties and some wizardry, he's back! Labour MP Grant Robertson is on the line talking about the swift change to gun laws and the PM's recent trip to China.
The gun laws have changed quickly and David Slack is in studio to talk to Mikey about how this has gone down. David comments on the varying opinions on this matter, and who needs to return their weapons.
Labour Minister Andrew Little is here for his weekly catch up. Today he's chatting to host Stewart Sowman-Lund about a review of our current hate speech laws, the fast-tracking of new gun legislation in parliament this week, and finally whether our threat level has any chance of decreasing in the near future.
We're back with National Party Deputy Leader, Paula Bennett, talking about the governments response to the terror attacks in Christchurch, and the immediate change to gun laws. The Deputy Leader questions how the gun buy back scheme will work, and Mikey questions the Deputy Leader on what she wants to see in the cannabis referendum.
Mikey chats to Dr. Bryce Edwards about the politics of the New Zealand census, ooooh boy, as well as some speculation on what happens now the gun laws have changed, who's affected?
Rachel chats to National Party Deputy Leader, Paula Bennett, about Aotearoa's 40 year old abortion laws, the government's pledge to fund $320 million into family and sexual violence, and National's proposition for closer ties to the US.
If last weeks The Mind Trench is still haunting you, wait til you get a load of these oddball laws that still exist. From loud noises upsetting the whales, to suspiciously holding salmons, Rob's reckons some of these are a little outta date.
This week Zoe from Radio Adelaide talks with Harry about Peter Dutton's comments on the Medevac Law and his atempts to have it repealed. Also tocuh on tax reform and how parties are aligning themselves following the recent elections.