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NZPolitics16 days ago

Gone By Lunchtime: Hardcore lobbying and the emotional senior staffer

The Spinoff's 'Gone By Lunchtime' podcast discusses various political topics including Mike Smith's climate court case, parliamentary responses, missing lobbyist documents, and other political developments. The episode also covers analysis of budget appendices, critiques of MPs' behavior, Labour Party policy, and mentions of MP Joseph Mooney.

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The multifaceted, years-long story of Mike Smith’s climate court action, the parliamentary response, and hard-copy briefings from lobbyists that mysteriously vanished has officially reached “saga” mode.

In a new episode of the Spinoff politics podcast Gone By Lunchtime, Ben Thomas, Annabelle Lee-Mather and Toby Manhire dive into the mire and debate whether there are dots to join.

Elsewhere in this buffet episode, they finally complete their reading of the budget appendices and deliver their verdicts, assess the latest bout of entitleditis besieging our MPs, search valiantly for Labour Party policy, and revisit a busy weekend for Chris Penk in Singapore navigating “freerider” chat and radioactive conversations.

Plus: a celebration of the new king of Twitter, MP Joseph Mooney.

Read the full article at The Spinoff →

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The SpinoffIndependentCenter16 days ago
Gone By Lunchtime: Hardcore lobbying and the emotional senior staffer

The Spinoff's 'Gone By Lunchtime' podcast discusses various political topics including Mike Smith's climate court case, parliamentary responses, missing lobbyist documents, and other political developments. The episode also covers analysis of budget appendices, critiques of MPs' behavior, Labour Party policy, and mentions of MP Joseph Mooney.

Bias read (Center): The article provides an overview of multiple political topics without overtly favoring any particular side. It references ongoing legal and political processes but does not present biased language or one-sided sourcing.