Pedobear Power appeared on Q+A with P Holmes today and showed just how powerful the liquor lobby are. I mean after all they retain Chen/Palmer….and didn’t Geoffrey Palmer via the Law Commission make some of these suggestions.
Assisting commercial clients who will be or have been affected by current law reform issues in the area of waste minimisation, the sale of liquor, financial services, energy and telecommunications regulation, climate change, and local government reform
Hmmmmm…..is that a conflict of interest….even though Geoffrey has left the firm I can’t think of why he would leave his name on the firm for free.
Anyway so Pedobear Power turns up for an interview on Q+A, to save you the boredom of listening the the best leader National has never had this can be summarised from TVNZs press release.
- Government signals major overhaul of liquor laws tomorrow (So time to reform liquor laws, but no time to protect children from pedophiles through our own Megan’s law. The law Commission made their recommendations in April and Pedobear has acted now, the same Law Commission made recommendations regarding name suppression last year and still no action.)
- Exclusive: Councils will be able to create “Local Alcohol Plans” to make liquor licences harder to get (Why? Harder to get than what? Harder than a licence for brothel? What about a kindy, since Pedobear is pedo-friendly?)
- Local communities will have new powers to reject liquor licences based on how many are in their neighbourhood, where they are and what hours they’re open (Based on what evidence that the number of outlets affects the local populace?)
- Dry areas or 24/7 licences won’t be possible, however, as they won’t pass a new “reasonableness” test (Set by whom?)
- New: Government will set “default” national guidelines, including “maximum trading hours” (Six o’clock closing anyone?)
- Power says “no good will come” of queuing up to enter a bar at 5am, and promises action on that tomorrow (Wow, action from Pedobear. I feel sorry sorry for the bar workers who just finished their shift at 5am and want a drink and now Pedobear is going to deny that)
- Power again rules out excise tax, also rules out sales tax; refuses to rule out minimum price (Minimum price….drooool….This is exactly what the retailers and liquor want, no more cheap piss, bro, super-profits anyone?)
- Supermarkets and other outlets will need to “persuade [government] that things are as pure as are being said” (Uhhhmmmm, no, how about government proves it isn’t? Freedom of trade, will Pedobear set loose hordes of outlet inspectors?)
- Focus of law change will be to reduce the harm caused by alcohol, especially on youth (and when it doesn’t, does Pedobear resign?)
- Justice Minister won’t say he wants the price of alcohol to go up, although confirms “the government has a view” on that to be revealed tomorrow (I just bet he does, and I bet it is Bill English’s view. Higher price more GST, more tax money to spend)
- Power doubts Steven Joyce would drive after he’d drunk three-quarters of a bottle of wine, even though he would still be under the drink-driving limit (Of course he doubts it, ever heard of VIP Transport, what Minister would ever drink and drive with those sorts of transport arrangement?)
Pedobear Power on Q+A
