This week's recommendations from the panel include media coverage of the Christchurch murder case involving a mother killing her three children, an in-depth feature on the life and times of Chris Hipkins, and a story revealing smart water meters have over-charged thousands.Įvery week, Newsroom editors and political journalists talk through the big issues and scrutinise politicians’ performances in a lively 25-minute show aiming to take viewers and listeners inside the actions and motivations of our elected leaders. Later in the podcast we examine who might succeed either Chris Hipkins or Christopher Luxon should they lose the election on October 14, and whether Luxon will ever convince a cohort of National-aligned voters that he is the man for the job. The Raw Politics panel this week includes Newsroom political reporter Emma Hatton who reports regularly on justice policy. This week was already sharply focused on law and order, with the Government outlining three waves of criminal justice measures, mainly aimed at young offenders. Act's David Seymour couldn't resist setting out what those arguments might be about, but didn't make them, just yet.ĭeputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni thanked other parties for their 'graciousness' in their speeches to the Government's statement in the House on the shooting. They explicitly put political arguments over law and order aside for another day. The Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and party leaders in the House concentrated, correctly, on condolences to those who had lost family in the double killing and shooting of seven others. Raw Politics examines how our political leaders responded to the highly public tragedy in central Auckland and how long they will be able to refrain from arguing about blame and recriminations. This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Politics is briefly put aside as leaders respond to the Auckland shooting tragedy Plus Labour's law and order policy deluge and who might next lead Labour and National.

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