WEBVTT - Ryan Bridge: Cutting red tape by adding complexity

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<v Speaker 1>Do we really need a Minister of Booze? Back in

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<v Speaker 1>the good old days, they were all Ministers of Booze.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole Cabinet, especially this one. Doesn't give my opponents

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<v Speaker 1>much time to run up to a election, does it?

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<v Speaker 1>But the idea that we need a Minister responsible for alcohol,

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<v Speaker 1>while well-intentioned, like all the 81-odd portfolios that previous reviews

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<v Speaker 1>and recommendations have created, is not necessary. This is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the recommendations from the Hospitality Sector Regulatory Review. This

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<v Speaker 1>review was done by the Ministry for Regulation. Remember that

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<v Speaker 1>ministry was created to cut red tape and make government

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<v Speaker 1>less complicated. It's recommended creating a new agency and a

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<v Speaker 1>new ministerial responsibility. It was announced by the Minister for Regulation,

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<v Speaker 1>David Seymour, whose role was also set up to cut

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<v Speaker 1>red tape. Can you see the problem here? There are

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<v Speaker 1>no doubt good reasons to make rules simpler and get

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<v Speaker 1>rid of regulations, but creating a new minister and ministry

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<v Speaker 1>who then does a review and recommends creating another agency

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<v Speaker 1>and another ministerial job just sounds backwards. It's like bacteria,

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<v Speaker 1>bureaucratic bacteria. They multiply and spread everywhere. One minute, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a single cell. Next minute, it's split into two. Next minute,

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<v Speaker 1>there's four. It goes on and on and on. We

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<v Speaker 1>need fewer jobs in Wellington, surely not more. Remember, Ireland, Norway, Singapore, Finland,

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<v Speaker 1>similar size to us, they've got fewer than 20 ministerial roles.

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<v Speaker 1>The UK, Canada, the US, Korea, a lot larger than us,

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<v Speaker 1>still fewer than 30. The saving grace here is that

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<v Speaker 1>no decisions on this review have yet been made, so

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<v Speaker 1>why not just cut the red tape and send the

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<v Speaker 1>pollies for a beer at Bellamy's? For more from Early

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