For two ministers who are taking different positions to try to hide that difference by climbing in behind the Standing Orders or Speaker's rulings is quite wrong. |
Helen Clark must explain why it is acceptable for a minister who has admitted 'cutting corners' on returns to the Companies Office to retain the critical transport and energy portfolios. |
I will be writing to the State Services Commission in an effort to get an explanation about how a supposedly neutral adviser and public servant can also do a highly political job as the Green Party chief of staff. |
They're going to be part of the political landscape for some time to come. |
While he may wish to describe it as a mistake, falsification of documents is very clearly a serious matter. |