National's decision to collapse a select committee meeting to make some sort of point may or may not be good politics. But it is bad for our parliamentary processes and long term constitutional culture.
Read MoreDavid Carter
Can bias be in the eye of the beholder - and can you call it like you see it?
Parliament's powerful Privileges Committee (P3C!) is going to have to decide the boundary of fair criticism of the House's Speaker. This should be fun!
Read MoreWhen the umpire commits the foul
If Parliament's rules say you aren't even allowed to refer to the existence of a particular court case, then how can the Speaker enforce those rules without letting everyone knows that the court case exists?
Read MoreWon't someone please think of poor Lesley?
DPF is very, very concerned about how Labour is selecting its Invercargill candidate. Where was that concern back in 2008?
Read MoreEven a stopped clock ...
The Speaker has found that Peter Dunne could not have commited a contempt of Parliament. Told you so.
Read MoreSchrödinger's Parliament
Apparently UnitedFuture is no longer a party recognised for parliamentary purposes because doing so would cause too much trouble.
Read More"The ref's a moron!"
The NZRFU's code of conduct requires that players "never argue with the referee. Control your temper at all times." Peter Dunne could learn from it.
Read MorePeter Dunne - what happens next?
Act One of Peter Dunne's departure has come to an end. What does Act Two hold in store?
Read MoreA tale of two Speakers
David Carter's decision on Peter Dunne's status was just as wrong (and as right) as Jonathan Hunt's decision on Harry Duynhoven's.
Read MoreThe New Zealand story: 100% pooer!
In 2012, National Ministers’ environment choices left us 100% poorer - or pooer, in the case of our impure, faecally-contaminated rivers
Read MoreGovt moo-turn, adidas and a fair share
Oscar Wilde warned against knowing the price of everything, but the value of nothing. This week we've seen the government realise the value of milk and opt to find out the price, while adidas know the price of a rugby jersey, but not the value...
Read MoreOn the horns of a dilemma: housing cows
The quashed ‘cubicle dairy’ consents and withdrawn applications were only the opening line of a much more difficult conversation: can you tell happy cows in a barn from sad ones in a so-called factory?
Read MoreA fox in charge of the henhouse?
Animal welfare law seems to be an ass. Only you can fix it
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