The Government has just passed a confidence vote in Parliament 61 to 58 with one abstention. The abstention was made by
former Alliance MP Frank Grover now of the Christian Heritage party.
The vote was part of the Budget legislation.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the
media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.