I have mourned my brother to the stars, submitted against Seymour’s toxic #RSBill and heading to my sister with a bottle of Verve. Hope seymour gets his arse whipped #nzpol

#nzpol #RSBill
#RSB
David Seymour wants to be king of our laws.
This kills democracy in law making for corporate benefit, this is a stuff you to absolutely everyone tangata whenua and tangata tiriti.

Submissions open!
If folks have good links of written/video analysis regarding this rotten thing - now in the house. Might help us all if they could use both #nzpol and some sort of tag for #RSBill so it is easier for people like me & others to find & learn more so we can submit against this well.

The Regulatory Standards Bill: What you need to know About 23,000 submissions have been received on the bill which is set to pass under National and ACT's coalition deal.

History of #RegulatoryStandardsBill #RSBill was covered by Lillian Hanly on RNZ on 14 January 2025. It covers similar background. Other news articles too @whakamataku.bsky.social #NZpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

like this
www.odt.co.nz/opinion/anyb...

and this
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

On More Threats To Democracy From David Seymour Early reports indicate that a temporary Israel/Hamas ceasefire deal is due to take effect on Sunday. And the Regulatory Standards Bill is another vehicle for constitutional change that’s being launche...

Shouldn't NZ First be objecting to Regulatory Standards Bill #RSBill attempt to put corporations and foreign multinationals on same legal footing as human NZers? Should property rights be elevated to civil rights, except for Māori land which is excluded?
#NZpol
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL25...

Coalition scraps plan to leave open government pact Officials argued a global transparency initiative was costing too much and delivering too little.

If NZ Gov't and Minister Seymour really wanted more Open and Transparent Government including #RegulatoryStandards, they would scrap the #RSBill proposal and better support #OpenGovtNZ Partnership.

HT @nzccl.org.nz @samsachdeva.bsky.social @newsroom.co.nz
#NZpol
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