Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 18, 2024 5:32:54 GMT 12
'UNHAPPY COMPROMISE': COALITION STILL AT ODDS OVER CONTENTIOUS TREATY BILL
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has conceded the promise to introduce Act’s highly contentious Treaty Principles Bill is an unhappy compromise.
And he’s called a blistering report from the Waitangi Tribunal on the bill “premature” despite its recommendation for the Government to abandon its plans.
After an urgent hearing in May, the tribunal yesterday released its 224-page combined report on the bill and the policy to review all the references to the Treaty in legislation....
www.thepress.co.nz/politics/350381989/unhappy-compromise-coalition-still-odds-over-contentious-treaty-bill
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has conceded the promise to introduce Act’s highly contentious Treaty Principles Bill is an unhappy compromise.
And he’s called a blistering report from the Waitangi Tribunal on the bill “premature” despite its recommendation for the Government to abandon its plans.
After an urgent hearing in May, the tribunal yesterday released its 224-page combined report on the bill and the policy to review all the references to the Treaty in legislation....
www.thepress.co.nz/politics/350381989/unhappy-compromise-coalition-still-odds-over-contentious-treaty-bill