Deborah Russell MP

This government seems to like punching down.

The government talks a big game on climate, but its actions point in exactly the wrong direction. More from the House this week when I went through a list of all the anti-climate things they have done.

Speaking against the Government’s bill to abolish the Ministry for the Environment when they are already falling short of their climate targets.

Happy Star Wars Day! (Gif from Wikimedia Commons)

The Minister for Climate Change is more than happy for struggling kiwi households to pick up the tab for cutting our methane targets. The cost is estimated to be an additional $270 per household every year. And... notice how he avoids answering the question?

The rising cost of climate change:

More from the House last week. I talked about the connection between electric vehicles and energy independence.

My kōrero in the House this week on the reckless actions of this government that have made the fuel crisis worse.

Chonk feasting in our cabbage trees.

"Once more unto the breach!" #nzpol

Look what we saw in Paturoa Stream, just a few metres up from Titirangi Beach.

My speech on the Regulatory Standards bill. It was 10 minutes long, but I think I covered the essence of my message in the first 16 seconds.

Carmel on fire at the pay equity rally in Auckland. Labour WILL reverse the changes this wretched government has made to pay equity.

Spending $671 million on not buying ferries. #OutOfTouch

A quiet and restrained reflection on today's news about the increasing unemployment in our country and the Minister of Finance saying that people who have lost their jobs shouldn't take it personally.

A short kōrero on the International Court of Justice's judgement on climate.