Jamie Strange told the NZ parliament that ‘opening ALDI stores’ would be among the benefits of becoming an Australian state
New Zealand has been urged to reconsider membership of Australia by an outgoing MP, citing cost-saving and economic benefits.
Jamie Strange, Labour’s outgoing Hamilton East MP, offered the suggestion that Kiwis should rethink an offer to become an Australian state. “The main problem I foresee though is: how do we integrate the Australian cricket team? But we conquered Everest, so you never know.” Todd Muller, who led a 2020 coup to become National party leader only to resign after 53 days after suffering a breakdown, called for greater compassion around mental health.On climate change, Muller said the world would overshoot two degrees of warming “by some measure” and a bipartisan consensus over climate action must hold.
“There is anger at a level I have not seen before greater partisanship, which is fuelling a level of political toxicity that is corrosive to our society.” Former Pacific peoples minister Aupito William Sio broke new ground by appearing topless for his valedictory, dressed in ceremonial Samoan finery as a way of showing his respect.
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