[ad_1] A maximum four-year term, lowering the five percent threshold and abolishing the coat-tail rule could be on the way as part of the Labor-Greens cooperation agreement. The changes, if implemented, would mean the most widespread alteration of our electoral laws since the first MMP election in 1996 and could …
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[ad_1] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern agreed to a governing “cooperation agreement” with the Green Party, offering two ministries and agreeing on a handful of shared political priorities for her second term, an offer they accepted on Saturday night. Labor won the general election in October with an absolute …
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[ad_1] Sport|Rugby Oct 31, 2020 04:00 am2 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Breakdown team concludes 10 Miter Cups for the week results. Video / Sky Sport Canterbury have won their fourth straight Farah Palmer Cup title in exciting fashion, …
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[ad_1] Verry Elleegant will race in the Melbourne Cup. Image: Racing Photos Melbourne Cup favorite Tiger Moth has broken through a nightmare barrier after drawing 23 on Saturday night. Leading jockey Kerrin McEvoy should be in his prime since the wide draw as he seeks his fourth Melbourne Cup. At …
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[ad_1] One of the key arguments of the legalization campaign and one Swarbrick reiterated about the program was that it will be easier to regulate cannabis if it is legal. Like we regulate alcohol. Except we don’t regulate alcohol very well. You’re not supposed to drink and drive, but people …
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[ad_1] Rescue teams on Saturday (local time) traversed concrete blocks and rubble from eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that shook the Aegean coast of Turkey and the north of the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 26 people. More than 800 people have …
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[ad_1] All the action as the All Blacks take on the Wallabies in Bledisloe III. The Wallabies’ top five, Noah Lolesio and center Irae Simone, will make their surprise debut in the testing of an injured Australian team in Saturday’s third round of rugby at the Bledisloe Cup against the …
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[ad_1] Two Japanese ships and the Japan Coast Guard sail alongside a Chinese surveillance ship near disputed islands in the East China Sea. Photo / AP The Chinese Coast Guard has been elbowing its way around some remote Japanese islands throughout the year. Now a large-scale naval exercise between the …
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[ad_1] World October 31, 2020 04:55 am3 minutes to read The video will play in Play now Don’t play automatically Never auto game Thousands of people in Afghanistan and around the world are protesting against French President Emmanuel Macron. Video / EFE Agency via AP Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad …
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[ad_1] Members of the Green Party have voted to be part of the next government. Under the agreement, the Green Party co-leaders will become ministers outside the Cabinet in a deal offered to them by the Labor Party. James Shaw will remain as Minister for Climate Change and be Associate …
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