Political commentator John Armstrong says nothing happening in politics this week had a hope of upstaging the fall and fall of Chris Carter.

The Govt will introduce a new property title that can be claimed over the foreshore and seabed.

John Key's right-hand man is living it up with big-spending lobbyists in the casinos of Las Vegas.

Finance Minister Bill English says the debate around compulsory superannuation will come again and revive the issue of whether means testing should be introduced.

While Bill English has singled out Kiwibank as an attractive asset for buyers, he said the Govt would not sell assets without a public mandate.

The government's description of the leaky building issue as a "natural disaster of huge proportions" is both a clever device and a dangerous precedent.

Banks' strategists are going to have a hard time getting media to believe their political spin from now on.