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| Thread ID: 38651 | 2003-10-14 05:31:00 | OT: Goodbye Privy Council, Hello Republic | Winston001 (3612) | Press F1 |
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| 183061 | 2003-10-14 06:34:00 | the last i heard of the privy was when the Bain Case was up. they went there to get it appealed and was turned down or something..... heres their official website www.privy-council.org.uk and heres the latest news that was updated 55 mins ago on nzoom.com onenews.nzoom.com |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 183062 | 2003-10-14 06:45:00 | >Just showing my ignorance here, but what did the Privy Council actually >do? Winston will answer better than I can,but as I inderstand it,they adjudicated on the finer points of law in an unbiased way. Remember we don't have a written constitution and therefore if you feel that you have been unfairly treated in the courts you could appeal to an ubiased view on the law.Now you will have a court stacked with judges of a like mind as the government as they are appointed by them,so the chance of justice being done has been comprimised. |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 183063 | 2003-10-14 07:05:00 | > and they even promised the deaf people a relay > service 2 elections ago, and have it in action..and > still hasnt happened.. yep - that's annoying as well. Plus I remember back in 1999 my English teacher told me that Helen Clark had promised to make NZSL (New Zealand Sign Language) one of the official languages of NZ. Still hasn't happened. Although I hear it's in the process of being looked at - "The NZSL Bill" I believe that Victoria Manning is in the group that's lobbying for it to be made an official language. Do you know of her? |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 183064 | 2003-10-14 07:10:00 | > and they even promised the deaf people a relay > service 2 elections ago, and have it in > action..and > still hasnt happened.. Before i forget - they are setting it up, they just have to solve the problem of who's going to pay for it. Well, that's what Ruth Dyson told me when I met with her in May, dunno if it's true :D those politicans can't be trusted sometimes! |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 183065 | 2003-10-14 07:11:00 | If any of you have followed the Privy Council debate you'd know that Britain have indicated that they are preparing to get rid of the Privy Council anyway . NZ is only one of a few (mostly small African) countries that still use it and even they are pulling out . I'd rather do it now on our terms than have it done to us . I see very little reason to keep it . And it certainly wasn't a quick change . The debate has been going for almost 20 years . National introduced a bill in 1996 to remove appeals to the privy council but it failed because National was not going to replace it with anything . The difference now is that New Zealand is setting up a supreme court to replace it . And what's wrong with a republic anyway? I'm quite happy to support a party that is anti-nuclear and refused to support an invasion on Iraq . |
nicnz (2273) | ||
| 183066 | 2003-10-14 07:21:00 | Not sure what the debate about immigration was on Holmes as I don't watch it. However I am aware that a staff member of iimmigration has just been given the heave ho because he was asking for "sexual favours" in return for assistance with immigration matters. it has been suggested that he should have bben charged by the police but that was not done. PP |
Percy Porter (531) | ||
| 183067 | 2003-10-14 07:28:00 | Hey, I agree with Nic. It's about time we got rid of the privy council and set up our own supreme court. And a republic would be good too - although that is probably still a bit off yet :) And the government didn't put up student fees. The had a fees freeze for the past 3 years and removed interest to students while studying. Steve Maharey told us recently that according to treasury this has saved students on average over $1000 each per year. I think they should do more, but it's better than what we had before. T |
TonyM (4728) | ||
| 183068 | 2003-10-14 07:52:00 | then whats this being written about on the labours website . . Education Our commitment is to cut the cost to students of tertiary education . Will focus on quality and standards, support our schools, and make sure all New Zealanders have access to the training and skills they need to succeed today and in the future and they didnt cut . . they increased . . . . . and they should be freezing fees for a while longer as we are in debt as deep as it is . . . |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 183069 | 2003-10-14 08:41:00 | > We'll know problems are occuring when guys in black suits and dark sunglasses start knocking on your door demanding to see your encryption key and asking that you keep secured transactions below 128bit so they can break them easier... The answer to that is: "Whats an encryption key? ?:|" ;) I say kick Helen out for good. Lets look at what shes acomplished in her time as Prime Minister: *She killed the airforce, *She's keen for GE food to be made available for general consumption *We have prostitutes running round the streets, *We have an interesting crimes amendment bill about to be passed, that will mean no privacy for us. Such great accomplishments. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 183070 | 2003-10-14 08:44:00 | and also..this aint her fault but theres been a increase in crime/murder which is behind the life means life campagin... such soft punishments for others life... like if ur good, ur out in half ur jail term....but it should be u kill a life ur gone for life... and shes done 1 good thing in the whole government term...be against the war in iraq....is that what she done? its been a while so yea |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
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