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![MMP shake-up if vote is 'yes'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
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.
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<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.
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National standards 'tool to bash schools' - NZPF
The Govt's approach to national standards has shifted from benchmarks to help students to performance measures for teachers, the NZ Principals' Federation says.
![Taxpayers fund PR for school standards](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Taxpayers fund PR for school standards
John Key and Anne Tolley justified a $200,000 taxpayer-funded public relations campaign to sell national standards.
![Govt to back greater penalties for animal cruelty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
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.
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MP seeks crackdown on cruelty to animals
A first-term National Party MP is seeking cross-party support for a law change for harsher penalties in cases of extreme cruelty to animals.
![PM wants to work with Labour on seabed law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
PM wants to work with Labour on seabed law
The PM has left the door open for Labour to work with the Government on a solution to the problematic foreshore and seabed law.
![Lockwood Smith, PM top performers in pundit's rankings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Lockwood Smith, PM top performers in pundit's rankings
Speaker Lockwood Smith has dethroned Prime Minister as 2009's top parliamentary performer, a newsletter claims.
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Police probe ex-MP's expenses
A former Govt minister is being investigated by police for allegedly using his ex-MP perk of taxpayer-funded flights on business trips.