27 Sep 2019

National defies order to take down attack ads

From Checkpoint, 5:20 pm on 27 September 2019

In an act of mass defiance, the National Party has thumbed its nose at the Speaker over his ruling that all political attack ads with edited Parliamentary TV footage have to be removed by 5pm.

Every single National Party MP has posted a video on Facebook in breach of Trevor Mallard's ruling putting the entire caucus in contempt of Parliament.

Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee talks to Lisa Owen.