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Speaker 1: Barry Sooper, Senior Political Correspondence with US Hallo, Barry, Good afternoon, Heather, So,

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Speaker 1: I didn't realize that the Indian trade team were here.

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Speaker 2: Yes they are. They're in Auckland today and the Primeister

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Speaker 2: flew up this afternoon to have a talk with him.

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Speaker 2: Was the fourth round of these trade negotiations and listening

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Speaker 2: to lux and talking about them, he said that yes,

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Speaker 2: he believes a trade deal will be in place before

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Speaker 2: the next election. Now, this is the most populous nation

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Speaker 2: on Earth, India, and of course we know the benefits

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Speaker 2: that we got out of negotiating a trade deal with

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Speaker 2: the Chinese, So the trade deal with India is very important.

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Speaker 2: So it was a pretty important place for the primeerst

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Speaker 2: to be today, missing Parliament's question time this afternoon, even

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Speaker 2: if Chris Hopkins had a problem with it.

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Speaker 3: So lets to speaker. I understand the Prime Minister is

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Speaker 3: in the building. He was on the tiles about five

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Speaker 3: minutes ago answering media questions. So I seek leave for

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Speaker 3: my question to be held until he's available in the

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Speaker 3: debate chamber to answer it.

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Speaker 4: Well, that's an interesting reference you're making to a members

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Speaker 4: not being present, which is not appropriate.

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Speaker 1: However, put the leave so any objection that course of action.

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Speaker 3: To the Prime Minister, does he stand by all of

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Speaker 3: his government statements and actions.

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Speaker 2: So he had to stay there toner that particular question,

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Speaker 2: which is one of those silly questions that is always

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Speaker 2: asked in Parliament. But of course he talked to the

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Speaker 2: media before jumping on a plane, coming up to Walkman

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Speaker 2: and going to the trade talks with the Indians, so

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Speaker 2: I think that was pretty important.

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Speaker 1: So how long do we have to wait to find

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Speaker 1: out what this awesome question is?

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Speaker 2: Well, the answer to it.

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Speaker 1: I thought he was going to hold the question until

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Speaker 1: the Prime Minister was there.

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Speaker 2: Well, but the Parliament voted against it.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I see, okay, listen, the government is doing something

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Speaker 1: about the homeless, aren't they.

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Speaker 2: Well it's really interesting hither because Chris Bishop was being

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Speaker 2: asked about in Parliament this afternoon. The govern is either

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Speaker 2: testing the water or it is you know, it is

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Speaker 2: planning something, but they're playing it very carefully.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: I don't know why. I think they should be full

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Speaker 2: on on this, but they can't just mow people out

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Speaker 2: of these.

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Speaker 1: Always turned septic for authorities trying to do all the

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Speaker 1: handring is coming out feeling bad about it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well the questions were being fired over it by

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Speaker 2: Labour's Karen McNulty in Parliament today. Have a listen.

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Speaker 5: Why is the government working on legislation that would enable

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Speaker 5: the removal of rough sleepers from central business districts? The

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Speaker 5: Government isn't Why is the minister denying this? When Police

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Speaker 5: Minister Mark Mitchell confirmed on news talks there'd be this

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Speaker 5: morning that quote Paul Goldsmith and Justice are doing a

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Speaker 5: lot of work around that end quote, and that legislation

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Speaker 5: to move homeless people from CBDs to the suburbs was

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Speaker 5: quote fully supported by Caucus and.

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Speaker 3: The Prime Minister.

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Speaker 6: The government is considering a rain of different things in

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Speaker 6: relation to the CBD. The Government, as well as Auckland

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Speaker 6: Council is off the view that we can make the

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Speaker 6: CBD more desirable place for everyone to be than it currently.

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Speaker 1: Is a suplementary question.

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Speaker 4: The Honorable Shane Jones and no one else speaking, can

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Speaker 4: you confirm it is not appropriate to use homelessness as

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Speaker 4: a moral cloak to hide drug taking, criminality and violence.

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Speaker 2: Well he didn't have to answer that because the Minister

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Speaker 2: is not actually responsible for that. But no, it is interesting.

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Speaker 2: There is a Private Members bill in the Biscuit and

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Speaker 2: it's National's Ryan Hamilton who happens to be from Hamilton,

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Speaker 2: and it's there and it proposes to remove sleepers and

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Speaker 2: that's what the Prime Minister was referring to earlier, that

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Speaker 2: you know, to get them out off the streets. Well,

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Speaker 2: not the Prime Minister, sorry, Mark Mitchell's referring to this

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Speaker 2: morning that there was support for that bill and it's

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Speaker 2: a private memberis one in Mars.

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Speaker 1: Why is Chris Bishop and Chris Luxem being so weird

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Speaker 1: and shady about it instead of taking the approach that

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Speaker 1: Mark Mitchell's taken.

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Speaker 2: Which is to just be mtch was very open about it.

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Speaker 1: Why not do that?

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Speaker 2: And I think you'll find Paul Goldsmith will be the

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Speaker 2: same when you talk to him later.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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Speaker 1: Now the Prince of Mining, well, as you say, I

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Speaker 1: quote you, the Prince of Mining was in full flight today.

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Speaker 3: As he was.

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Speaker 2: He's a self declared Prince of Mining, Shane Jones. He

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Speaker 2: was certainly on form in Parliament this afternoon when he

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Speaker 2: was bragging about a thirty year mining permit being issued

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Speaker 2: for an Australian based sun To Minerals firm. Here's the

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Speaker 2: resources minister in full flight.

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Speaker 4: We're entering a golden age. Not that I can completely

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Speaker 4: claim all the credits. On the West Coast of New Zealand.

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Speaker 4: A summer one hundred and seventy two million dollars over

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Speaker 4: the last day or three has been announced to be

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Speaker 4: dedicated to the Federation Mine briefed and now known as

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Speaker 4: the Angel of Mine. Why do people on the other

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Speaker 4: side of the house hate investment? Why do they stand

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Speaker 4: with frogs and geckos and unnecessary critters. One hundred and

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Speaker 4: seventy two million is going directly into the economy of

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Speaker 4: the West Coast, and I fear that it'll be more

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Speaker 4: busts they make of my good self.

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Speaker 6: What will this announcement mean for the local economy?

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Speaker 4: Ah, sir, modesty forbids that I claim total credit. But

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Speaker 4: please think about the forlorn period of time that has

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Speaker 4: afflicted these parts of the South Island.

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Speaker 2: Do you think he enjoys me? He loves it because

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Speaker 2: he's being so contrary to the opposition ventures and he

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Speaker 2: hears it. And don't forget this man used to be

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Speaker 2: a labor.

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Speaker 1: Part all the things that you're not supposed to say.

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Speaker 1: This just makes the Greens dye inside exact, Arry, thanks

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Speaker 1: very much, appreciate it, very sober senior political correspondence.

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