We're supposed to be living in a democracy in Aotearoa. If the vast majority of submissions on a bill are opposed, and the government passes it anyway, and then two of 3 coalition partners distance themselves from it, there's an obvious thing the Opposition must do. They must promise to repeal it in their first 100 days. Unless there's a very, *very* good reason not to.
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It's not a partisan thing. If neither side of Parliament will do what citizens overwhelmingly argue for, then it's is not subject to democracy, and must be dismantled by it and replaced. The logic is inescapable.
I'm talking, of course, about the Regulatory Standards Bill. The Greens were always committed to repeal;
https://www.greens.org.nz/sad_day_for_aotearoa_as_regulatory_standards_bill_becomes_law
But Labour? Ae, they've even sought Winston First support to have it repealed as a Private Member's Bill;
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