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Green Party 'really happy with the wins', says James Shaw, despite having to swallow dead rat
The Green Party are undergoing a "big transition" as it adjusts to the compromises of being in Government, says co-party leader James Shaw.
"It's a change, but we're very clear on who we are. It's who we always have been," co-leader Marama Davidson said, after the Green Party conference over the weekend.
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Ms Davidson said the members were feeling "invigorated and encouraged".
When asked about the 'dead rats' of policy compromise by TVNZ1's Q+A host Corin Dann , Mr Shaw said it was a "big transition" going into Government, Mr Shaw said it was a "big transition" going into Government Us Nz Dollar Graph
He said the Green Party were "really happy with the wins we're getting".
"This isn't some sort of contest where you're calculating how many dollars each party gets to spend", in comparison to NZ First's policy wins.
When asked by Dann if Green policies were being made to look like Labour Party policies, Ms Davidson said issues such as ending off shore oil and gas exploration permits would only be achieved through Green Party policy.
"We're working together for a lot of things that will have a real impact for New Zealanders' lives."
The Green Party co-leaders talk about where their policies sit, now they are in Government. Source: Q+A
The Green Party co-leaders told TVNZ1’s Q+A of the feeling in the party after the Green’s conference over the weekend. Source: Q+A
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Simon Bridges dismisses Government justice summit as a 'talk fest' - says it will lead to a 'softening' of laws
National Party leader Simon Bridges says the Criminal Justice Summit due to begin today is simply a 'talk fest' that will likely lead to a "softening" of bail laws.
Justice Minister Andrew Little yesterday told TVNZ 1's Q+A programme that New Zealand's prison system is not successfully reintegrating people into society.
"Sixty per cent of those in prison will re-offend within two years of being released," Mr Little said.
"We've had thirty years of the auction of more penalties, more crime, more people in prison but it's not working, it’s not making us safe.
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"It is not right that we have had this 30 per cent increase in our prison population in just the last five years - that's not right.
"That tells you there is something wrong. It’s not right that we have doubled those remanded in custody just in the last five years."
Mr Bridges, speaking this morning on TVNZ 1's Breakfast programme, said it sounded like "Andrew Little knows what he wants to achieve out of it" and dismissed it as a "talk fest".
"He doesn't want to build more prison beds so he has to cut the prison population by a third," Mr Bridges said.
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"If I thought they were grappling with really hard issues to reduce actual offending, rather than just those prison numbers, and it was rehabilitation, reintegration, I'd go along with it.
"But it seems to me it's pretty clear whats going to come out - and that's softening up the bail laws, the sentencing laws and the parole laws.
"They are serious criminals who should be in jail rather than out on the streets - I think it will be more victims."
Mr Little, when asked by Q+A's Corin Dann about Māori representing more than 50 per cent of the prison population and whether the system is racist, said "I don't think you can rule out that".
"That is a real possibility that that is a cause of a massive over representation of Māori in our prison system."
A graph showing prison population statistics for New Zealand up to MArch 31, 2018.Source: Corrections
New Zealand's prison population as of March 31 this year, including pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners, was 10,645, according to Ministry of Justice figures.
The National Party leader says he thinks Justice Minister Andrew Little is simply looking for ways to reduce the prison muster.Source: Breakfast
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Can police force you to unlock your social accounts? No, says privacy lawyer
A New Zealand privacy lawyer says people have the right to resist unlocking their social media accounts for police, as Australia considers giving their police more power to force the networks themselves to hand over your data.
Rick Shera's comments to TVNZ 1's Breakfast programme come after Australia's Cyber Security Minister Angus Taylor proposed legislation which would bring social media services like Facebook, Whatsapp and others under the current surveillance measures required by police.
The issue revolves around encryption - where police in Australia and New Zealand can already access phone and text data, encrypted services like social media networks require verification and permission from the user, or they remain encrypted.
Mr Shera said telecommunications providers in New Zealand are required to make their services "interceptable" by the government for law enforcement purposes.
Currently, if police ask a person to provide access to their encrypted accounts, those people "have the right to resist that if you feel it's going to incriminate you," Mr Shera said.
The proposed Australian legislation would carry stiff fines of up to AU$10m (NZ$11.02m) for networks who refuse to provide data about users - or direct access to its systems.
Mr Shera said there has been a lot of concern that requiring social media networks to be "interceptable" could weaken them, in terms of making them more accessible to malicious access or hacking.
However, as the Australian proposal currently stands, it would not require networks to create a so-called "back door" into their networks, which has pleased cyber security analysts across the Tasman.
Nigel Phair, director of NSW Canberra Cyber, told News.com.au "it's reassuring they're not talking back doors.
However, Mr Phair said governments, including the Australian government, have long had trouble telling huge companies like Facebook what to do.
"You can put a fine on it all you like, but if these companies are domiciled off in another country it will be very difficult to enforce their compliance," Mr Phair said.
Rick Shera says people have the right not to incriminate themselves, as Australia looks at give police more surveillance power over social media.Source: Breakfast
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