Category: congress
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New Zealand Cabinet Approves Tougher Penalties to Tackle Illicit Tobacco Trade
Cabinet approves new offences and higher fines for tobacco packaging breaches, with prison terms for smuggling rising from six months to seven years under a new border security bill.
Politics and GovernmentHealthLaw EnforcementGeneral PoliticsLegalCongressSocial Issues Illicit tobaccoCasey CostelloSmokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990Tobacco smugglingCustoms and Excise (Border Security) Amendment BillTobacco exciseNew Zealand Government
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RMA 'Goneburger': ACT Celebrates Passage of Planning and Natural Environment Bills
ACT Leader David Seymour welcomes new planning laws replacing the 35-year-old Resource Management Act, saying the system is now built on property rights and could add $3.1b a year to GDP.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessOther PartiesGeneral PoliticsCongressReal EstateEnvironmentEconomy ACT New ZealandDavid SeymourResource Management ActPlanning BillNatural Environment BillSimon Courtproperty rights
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New Zealand Introduces Border Security Bill to Combat Organised Crime
Customs Minister Casey Costello introduces a Bill to strengthen border defences against transnational crime, citing a quadrupling of drug seizures and growing child exploitation material trade.
Politics and GovernmentLaw EnforcementGeneral PoliticsCongressLegalSocial Issues Border Security BillCasey CostelloNew Zealand CustomsOrganised CrimeDrug SeizuresParliamentChild Exploitation MaterialNew Zealand Government
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New Zealand Police Gain Move-On Order Powers as Legislation Passes Final Reading
New Zealand Parliament passes legislation allowing police to issue move-on orders to people displaying disorderly behaviour in public places, with prosecution only for those who refuse.
Politics and GovernmentLaw EnforcementGeneral PoliticsLegalSocial IssuesCongress Move-on ordersPaul GoldsmithNew Zealand PoliceNew Zealand ParliamentDisorderly behaviourHomelessnessLaw and orderNew Zealand Government
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Fire and Emergency NZ Apologises Over Fleet Failures After Inquiry
Fire and Emergency New Zealand accepts a parliamentary inquiry's findings on fleet management, apologising for procurement delays, weak oversight and inaccurate information given to the committee.
Politics and GovernmentLaw EnforcementFederal GovernmentCongressTransportationEmployment and Labor Fire and Emergency New ZealandGovernance and Administration Committeefleet managementRaveen JaduramprocurementMAN/Angloco Type 3Fire and Emergency NZ
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Select Committee Report Exposes Years of FENZ Failures, Says National MP Tim Costley
National MP Tim Costley says a Select Committee report lays bare years of FENZ failures, including 30 trucks bought in 2019 that remain unused seven years later.
Politics and GovernmentLaw EnforcementGeneral PoliticsCongressState GovernmentsTransportation Fire and Emergency New ZealandTim CostleyGovernance and Administration Select CommitteeNew Zealand National Partyfire trucksprocurementNew Zealand ParliamentNZ National PartyElection
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Fire and Emergency Apologises for Fleet Failures After Inquiry
Fire and Emergency New Zealand accepts a parliamentary inquiry's findings on fleet management, apologising for procurement delays, weak oversight and inaccurate information given to the committee.
Politics and GovernmentLaw EnforcementGeneral PoliticsCongressEmployment and LaborTransportation Fire and Emergency New ZealandRaveen JaduramGovernance and Administration Committeefleet managementMAN/Angloco Type 3procurementFire and Emergency NZ
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Media Monitor: Breaking Defense reports on naval drone deployments, international arms sales, and defense spending
Breaking Defense is reporting on the U.S. Coast Guard's collaboration with Saildrone for northern waters surveillance, the deployment of a Seahawk drone with the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and new foreign military sales agreements.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessScience & TechnologyWorldFederal GovernmentCongressMilitaryAsiaAustralasia Naval WarfareDronesCoast GuardSaildroneForeign Military SalesDefense SpendingBreaking Defense - Naval Warfare
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Media Monitor: ABC News reports on Cyclone Fina, Greene's resignation, and more
ABC News reports Tropical Cyclone Fina intensifies, Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns after a fallout with Trump, UK investigates garbage dump, and more.
WeatherPolitics and GovernmentWorldHealthSportAustralasiaEuropeMedical ScienceGeneral PoliticsRepublican PartyCongressSocial Issues Cyclone FinaMarjorie Taylor GreeneDonald TrumpGarbage DumpFood FraudRFK Jr.ABC News Australia
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Media Monitor: ABC News reports on Cyclone Fina, Greene's resignation, and more
ABC News reports Tropical Cyclone Fina intensifies, Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns after a fallout with Trump, UK investigates garbage dump, and more.
WeatherPolitics and GovernmentWorldHealthSportAustralasiaEuropeMedical ScienceGeneral PoliticsRepublican PartyCongressSocial Issues Cyclone FinaMarjorie Taylor GreeneDonald TrumpGarbage DumpFood FraudRFK Jr.ABC News