A ballot for five Member's Bills was held today, and the following bills were drawn:
- Parole (Mandatory Completion of Rehabilitative Programmes) Amendment Bill (Todd Stephenson)
- Goods and Services Tax (Removing GST From Food) Amendment Bill (Rawiri Waititi)
- Income Tax (ACC Payments) Amendment Bill (Hamish Campbell)
- Companies (Address Information) Amendment Bill (Deborah Russell)
- Local Electoral (Abolition of the Ratepayer Roll) Amendment Bill (Greg O’Connor)
The last one is going to be a flashpoint for current tensions over housing, rent, and landlords, given that it would remove a democratic anomaly which currently gives absentee landlords multiple votes in local body elections.
There were only 59 bills in the ballot today, so someone has been slacking.
