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PM's Post-Cabinet Press Conference 6/5/19: Weed Tomorrow

Published: Mon 6 May 2019 05:25 PM
PM's Post-Cabinet Press Conference 6/5/19: Weed Tomorrow
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern opened Monday's post-cabinet press conference partly using sign language, to recognise New Zealand Sign Language Week.
Ms Ardern then ran down her plans for the week, including a Budget announcement about 'our clean energy future', and a visit to New Zealand by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
She discussed achievements of the Government during its first 18 months, with a focus on povery reduction and welfare.
Questions covered the new funder in the class action against Southern Response over Christchurch earthquake insurance claim, plans for the cannabis referendum (with final plans for a question and mechanism announced on Tuesday) and the leak of the related cabinet paper, reports and bullying and non-disclosure agreements in the Parliamentary Service, Huawei's lobbying over the construction of the 5G network, the Prime Minister's recent engagement and lack of further wedding plans, Air New Zealand seeking Government help in dealings with China, the possibility of refunds for child support deductions for rape victims, the possibility of announcements on climate policy, the PM's confidence in Meka Whaitiri, the NZ nurse abducted by ISIS in Syria, the US sending an aircraft carrier into the Middle East, the government's response to the Welfare Expert Advisory Group report, and the standards of sterilisation reported in some hospitals.
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