Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 27.10.09

Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 5:26 pm
Article: Tom Frewen

Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 27.10.09

Tom Frewen: National finally gets its ACC bill up for a first reading but only after third-ranked cabinet minister Gerry Brownlee has to answer a barrage of hostile questions about open ACC's workers account to competition.

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