VIDEO: John Key, 3rd Reading of the EFB

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18 December 2007
VIDEO: John Key, 3rd Reading of the EFB

In the House during the third and final reading of the draconian EFB, John devotes his time on the Floor to a passionate denunciation of the Bill.

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#1 - Ron Shaw 2007-12-18 19:43 - (Reply)

Good speech, John. The totalitarian coalition of Labour, Greens, Winston First, and Anderton have once again demonstrated their arrogance and self interest. Keep the momentum going and we should see the back of these septic individuals on election day.

#2 - vandna kapoor 2007-12-18 22:31 - (Reply)

I have been trying to reach you but your email bounced back I need to approach you in regards to justice in New Zealand and I feel there is no justice in NZ at the moment as there has been a bomb blast on my house and in spite of having witnesses who gave statements against the people who threw the bomb on ur house there has been no action please help. i lost my unborn child in that blast and police said there was not enough evidence aginst the people who did it. We could have died in that blast. This is a cry for help please talk to me. You say there should be freedom of speech and I am feeling that in NZ currently there is lack of that freedom at least we can not put our views across especially if it is not in the favour of the state like if I say i am not getting justice I am not sure if it will be taken on borad. Please help me and show me that there is justice in NZ after all. reagrds vandna

#3 - Michael 2007-12-18 23:08 - (Reply)

I am the worst kind of NZer - a 34 year old male who never bothered to vote for most of his adult life. I was of the foolish group who believed that whatever those fat politicians in their beehive decided, it wouldn't affect me. I was quite happy when Helen Clarke stepped in and said she supported the arts because that's all I cared about. I still hadn't voted by that stage. When Don Brash stepped into the mix National looked ridiculous to me - there was no way I'd vote for a man who, whilst I might agree with his ideas about the maori and their place in NZ society, I could never agree with his high-handed, out-of-touch, mid/upper-class-white way of presenting it. Whether he meant it as a put-down to the maori or not, it sure felt like it. So, I was fine with Labour being voted in and I was happy with my lazy attitude toward voting. Recently, however, Helen Clarke has made it clear that she could not give a flying TOSS about the New Zealand public and she thinks we are all as stupid as I once was. Thanks to her incredible arrogance and basic belief that NZers are so stupid as to let her do whatever she wants and sit back and take it, I have been jolted out of my apathy. If National will repeal the ridiculous EFB, give us some of our money back in personal tax cuts, and, god forbid, do something about the potential damage to NZ families by the Anti-smacking bill they will drag me from my couch of lassitude and force me to the polling booth to help vote them in to government. Okay, I admit it - I'd vote for ANYONE other than Labour. Helen Clarke has proven how little she thinks of me and come election day, I will prove how little I think of her. Angry Voter

#4 - Alison Aviga 2007-12-19 22:41 - (Reply)

I would like to know what National intends to do if it wins the next election regarding the very dubious social engineering laws that have been passed by Labour. The EFB, Anti smacking bill, legalising prostitution, lowering the drinking age?

#5 - Apii 2007-12-24 02:55 - (Reply)

After reading Nationals policy and watching John Keys speech in the house regarding Democracy etc especially reagrding the election law, yes I must admitt as a Labour strong supporter I do agree with him, in this Country we emphasise participation, bottoms-up system, still I havent seen that system emphasised in many project I have been envolved in because most projects funded by the Government, they have guidelines for those implementing the project to follow, which means at the end of the day the project is govern by the Government agency not the community implementing the project, whom I know knows the problem much better than the Government itself (LABOUR). However my question here is different from my point above...what I wanted to know is when National becomes the next Goverment, WHAT WOULD BE THE FUTURE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION RPOGRAMMES CURRENTLY SET UP FOR MAORI AND PACIFIC PEOLE IN THE SENSE OF INCREASING DISPARITY ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH?????????

#6 - peter said:
2008-01-03 20:09 - (Reply)

Please send me a copy of the relevant parts of the Electoral Finance Act

#7 - Stephen Spargo 2008-01-10 09:42 - (Reply)

Well done - Keep the momentum going, keep pushing John.

#8 - Gavin Logan 2008-01-12 21:02 - (Reply)

Good speech for an opposition leader but I do feel the effects of the Electoral Finance Bill are being somewhat exaggerated. Although it could be written better I think there is merit in the idea of limiting spending on political advertising in election years. I would not like to see New Zealand develop an American style of democracy when lobby groups with big money unduly influence elections and political decision making at the expense of what the average New Zealander wants. For me the most important political issue at present is to get some worthwhile income tax cuts. I hope National will have a good tax reform policy at this year's election and I look forwards to seeing the details of it.

#9 - Robert 2008-01-14 17:37 - (Reply)

John Good speech spoken with real passion. Yes Iwant this act repealed as well as all of the above do,but I want more from a Natioal Goverment. 1) Give everyone the Referendum they were promised on MMP people have had enough of MMP. If you cant get that through change the Laws that ony MP'S elected by their voters can vote at the final stages.List MP'S those that came in on the Party vote can only work on the developent of Bills but have no right to vote. 2)Give us a vision for New Zealand this Country has no long term plan 1 year 2 year 3year 4 year 5 year vision.The Labour Goverments answer to everything is keep people on welfare keep them under control.Where are the ideas for wealth generation in this country there are none. 3) Bring back good old Family values to our Country Labour and Heather Simpson have done every thing possible to depower the family unit.Families and Fathers and Mothers and stable families are the key to a stable society break that model down and the Country will pay big time in years to come.There is no accountability anymore no Responsibility no respect.I dont want my 6 year old daughter getting books from school telling her that if she has feelings towards girls she might be a Lesbian what a sick lot of people when they cant let a child be a child and they have to justify their sexual perversion through the education system at such an early age. 4) Bring in the Bill Clinton bill for the DPB yes the state will pay for one child but after that your on your own.If they wont name the father then the State wont pay.At the moment we are encouraging some young girls to be baby factories for the money that they receive they dont even have a chance to mature properly to be good parents.Yet we are discouraging the ones in stable relationships through high cost of living and high taxation because our welfare bill is out of control.

#10 - Kelly 2008-01-22 13:30 - (Reply)

Global warming is a load of rubbish. Kyoto is a waste of tax payers money. Maybe there is global warming melting the ice but then it rains heavily elsewhere. So Why waste so much tax payers on such a Delema? Kelly Harris

#11 - Anonymous 2008-01-28 23:10 - (Reply)

We need a change We need to change the EPB We need to raise the drinking age We need to get tough on crime and violent criminals We need to distroy P We need to make wise choices on what to do about climate change and weather its even real Come on John and National YOU NEED TO GET IN!

#12 - Greg Giles said:
2008-01-30 17:23 - (Reply)

Labours idea of keeping teenagers at school has been rubbished in Britian, benifiting the economy there by only 60m a year. I draw your attention to a article in FeFocus, Times Educational Supplement 4 January by Joseph Lee Which says that Five out of Six teenagers will fail anyway; And why the focus on teenagers failing? some will anyway, its not like there's high unemployment. Certainly there's too high a tax rate to be able to get ahead especialy if you have more than one job. If its unworkable in Britian it wont here. I'm surprised it hasnt been picked up by our media. If teenagers can get living money/dole to study why can't older students who have to borrow it.

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