About this episode

The episode discusses the passage of ten bills during Parliament's urgency week, which are awaiting Royal Assent to become law.

With ten third readings during Parliament's urgency week, a suite of bills are now on the cusp of becoming law, pending the largely ceremonial box-tick of Royal Assent. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Topics covered

• Parliament
• legislation
• bills
• Royal Assent
• government
• law

Keywords

• third readings
• bills
• Parliament
• law
• Royal Assent
• legislation
• government

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Parliament, Royal Assent

Places: New Zealand

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