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The House: Liquor Debate Begins
The minority National government has just passed its final - compulsory - confidence vote for the year 61 votes to 58 after concluding the estimates debate.
The house will now begin a marathon 20-hour debate on changes to the liquor laws (See.. The House: Liquor Is Not Quicker In Law for a backgrounder on the complex order of the debate.)
Coverage of the house will continue in Scoop throughout
the
day.
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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.
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