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We're paying for MPs' legal bills, but it's a secret
Taxpayers are increasingly covering the legal costs when MPs are sued - but MPs can keep the use of public money for their defence secret.
<i>John Armstrong:</i> Brownlee stews after Mallard hijacking
Gerry Brownlee had to control himself in Parliament yesterday if only to avoid Labour making him even more of a laughing stock than he had already become.
Totting up Labour's spending 'mammoth task'
Govt staff are not yet halfway through the "mammoth task" of compiling the previous Government's credit card records for public release.
MP asks for protests against committee
A Labour MP is taking the unusual step of asking people to join a protest against a select committee he sits on.
MMP shake-up if vote is 'yes'
The most unpopular features of MMP could be ditched if voters opt to keep the electoral system in the referendum on it at next year's election.
Key admits being 'sloppy' with share management
John Key says he offered controversial under-performing mining shares he owned to his 12-year-old son, "but even he didn't want them", Parliament heard today.
Poll records growing support for Key
Public support for John Key as Prime Minister has never been so high, according to the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey.
<i>John Armstrong</i>: Key's growth package just tax cuts in disguise
Wait patiently for three months for the real oil in the Budget before passing judgment on the Government.
Govt to back greater penalties for animal cruelty
An MP's bill proposing an increase in maximum sentences for animal cruelty offences has earned Govt support.