Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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How does this affect MPs' plea of privacy over their expenses?
Worms. Can of.
Opening up the Parliamentary Service to the Official Information Act is a "can of worms"? Whose side are they on in that?
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Apparently they do get a pass for breaking the law though.
You've been reading kiwiblog comments again, haven't you?
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None of the original reports made the distinction. So even if he did mean the right thing, all the reports were wrong.
Thus, I went to the speech he delivered. He could have been clearer. Next time I imagine he will be. But why so many people - reporters and lawyers - thought "any person" meant anything other than "any person" is a mystery.
The original speech is not a lengthy one.
Even if reporters don't have the time or skills to analyse it properly there should be people at major media organisations who can do that.
=)
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That's my understanding. Is that what we're talking about?
That's what I thought. It wasn't a flub.
The speech:
... I believe we need to have an open debate about the way in which sexual violence cases are conducted.
In this regard, I am currently considering potentially far-reaching reforms, including:
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Making evidence about previous sexual relationships between the complainant and any person inadmissible without prior agreement of the judge.
The current law is that:
evidence about previous sexual relationships between the complainant and any person (except the defendant) is inadmissible without prior agreement of the judge.
It may be a nuance, but I suspect most people understand the difference between the words "any person" and the words "any person (except the defendant)". No flub here.
Were you talking about some other flub, Russell?
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With Simon Power's flub last week
Flub? I thought people just got the wrong end of the stick. Or was there something I missed in my week away from Wellington?
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I'm happy to hold him to it:
According to the analysis that Nick Smith has been waving around, if we do not cut our emissions by 40% by 2020, we will incur a cost of $60 per person per week.
Keith Ng. Spanking. Now.
According to the analysis that Nick Smith has been waving around, if we do not cut our emissions *at all* by 2020, we will incur a cost of $60 per person per week.
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I say 'no!' to threaded conversations. They drive me bonkers in other places and I imagine they would here too.
I'm the same. So that request is almost certainly going to fall afoul of my personal preferences ...
I've seen one place where it worked really well: The old Sir Humphrey's site. The site had a cookie that would write "new" beside comments that weren't there the last time you looked. You could then search through the thread between new comments and wouldn't miss anything.
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Taranaki? They've got a stoopid cow as a mascot...
Waikato has a cow. Taranaki has a bull.
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If I'm not much mistaken, Chris Comeskey invoked the provocation defence on behalf of Bruce Emery.
You are very much mistaken.
His defence was self defence.
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Incidentally, does anyone publish the listings for TVNZ 6 and 7. Darned if I've been able to find them anywhere.
I believe TV Guide has them.
TV Guide certainly has them. And, as Phil notes, TVNZ.co.nz. And your Freeview decoder, of course :-)