1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Barrisoper, Senior Political Correspondence. Yeah, hello Barren, Good afternoon. Okay, 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: so the electoral law changes have been passed first reading 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: off to the select Committee. 4 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 2: Yes. 5 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 3: And the interesting thing is they will be reported back 6 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 3: by December beginning of December, which means they'll be in 7 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 3: place for the next election. Now you can imagine there 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 3: was a lot of heated debate about this, that people 9 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,080 Speaker 3: being disenfranchised, people losing the right to vote. I mean, 10 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 3: it's absolutely absurd. The rules are going to be out 11 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 3: there quite clear. In Australia, for example, twenty six days 12 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 3: they have they have to be enrolled before an election. 13 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 3: Here we've cut it down to thirteen, even though before 14 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 3: that they could enroll on election day. As we all 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 3: know now, the sponsor of the bill and mending the 16 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 3: electoral law is, of course the Justice min is to 17 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 3: Paul Goldsmith, who had what he saw was an explanation 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 3: as to why around one hundred thousand people enrolled on 19 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 3: election day the last time round to vote. Only day 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 3: that is following him was Labour's duncan wheb they are. 21 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 4: We had the Electoral Commission on one hand saying with 22 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 4: one message saying get and rolled, Get and rolled, and 23 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 4: they're funded with many millions of dollars to encourage people 24 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 4: to enroll, which the law says you should do. But 25 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 4: on the other hand, they were also saying, but by 26 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 4: the way, you don't bother because you can just rock 27 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 4: up on election day and vote. And more people heard 28 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 4: the second message than heard the first message, and as 29 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 4: a result, more and more people were turning up and 30 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 4: enrolling when they voted. 31 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: You know, it's a dark day for democracy. What's Christopher 32 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 2: Lutson doing? He is making it harder for people to vote. 33 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: It's shameful, It's absolutely shameful. He was to stop people enrolling, 34 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 2: stop all those people exercising their vote. 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 3: Well, it's absurd to say that they're stopping people from enrolling. 36 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 3: They're trying to enlighten people, to get them put their 37 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 3: thinking caps on when it comes to an election and 38 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 3: get out and enroll. It's not that hard. So who 39 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 3: are those people who turned out on election day last 40 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 3: time round to vote and enroll? Well, the Green's co 41 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 3: leader Madam Davidson seems to think she knows. She outlined 42 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 3: in a question to the Primes. 43 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 5: Should renters young people, Mary Asian and pacifica communities be 44 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:23,399 Speaker 5: afforded less access to democracy just because they are more 45 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 5: likely to need to cast a special vote. 46 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 4: I think all New Zealanders are quite capable of getting 47 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 4: registered two weeks out from an election, and I think 48 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 4: they would be insulting to suggest otherwise. 49 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I totally agree. I mean, there's going to 50 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 3: be an advertising bullitz in the lead up to the 51 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 3: next election, as there is at every election. And if 52 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 3: people don't know that an election's on and think they 53 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 3: can turn up on the day and enroll, I've never 54 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 3: done it in my life, and I voted many, many 55 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: times in elections. Okay, sorry, it's quite a hot one 56 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 3: for me. 57 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: I don't understand why. 58 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 3: Well, it just gets up my nose when there's these 59 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 3: absurd claims by people that are meant to know something 60 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 3: about the electoral system, like Duncan Webb, who's an academic, 61 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 3: to say that they're being robbed of the right to vote. 62 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: Well, I mean the very least being slightly frustrated. I mean, 63 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 1: we are to be fair, going. 64 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 3: Bay Bazy, don't get off going. 65 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,119 Speaker 1: Back thirty two years in time, right, The last time 66 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 1: you had to do this two weeks in advance was 67 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety three bearing. 68 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 3: Oh isn't that terrible? Oh you are oh. 69 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: Just for you are so frustrating on this. It's not 70 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: even that big deal anyway. Listen, government's doing the right thing, 71 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: aren't they, with the with the board members pay well. 72 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: It's the old story, isn't it. You pay peanuts, you 73 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 3: get monkey. And you only have to look at the 74 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 3: New Zealand Health Board to understand that when Lester Levy 75 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 3: had to be brought and they were spending more than 76 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 3: over spending more than one hundred and thirty million dollars 77 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 3: a week. So Lester Leavy was brought in to try 78 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 3: and bring it right. But you know you've got if 79 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 3: you want to pay, if you want the public service 80 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 3: to run well, and these are state sector companies that 81 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 3: are being run, you've got to be able to pay them, 82 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 3: not as much maybe as the private sector. But i'll 83 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 3: tell you what, everybody's got terribly excited about this. No 84 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 3: one was excited when it was announced last last November 85 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 3: by Paul Goldsmith. He put out a statement he said 86 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 3: that look, they'll be bringing director fees to twenty two 87 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 3: Crown old owned companies closer to the market rate. And 88 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 3: then he said they will be up to eighty to 89 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 3: ninety percent of the private rate. Now, if people didn't 90 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 3: read that, sorry, they had plenty of notice. 91 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: Yet again, Lord, whatever you've taken today, you need to 92 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: just half the dose. 93 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 3: Half the dose. Were even a sleep in this country? 94 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 3: Oh wow? 95 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: Okay, very sober, Senior political correspondent. 96 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 97 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 2: News Talks itt B from four p m. Weekdays, or 98 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 2: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.