I assume everyone is watching Parliament TV right now for the second reading of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (No 3)?

If not you've barely got time to make a cup of tea and get ready!
LET'S ROCK AND ROLL
Highlighting the contribution the dairy industry made to the country during Covid lockdown
Ooooh! NO EXCEPTIONS TO OPEN ENTRY!

IT'S GONE BABY!
Fonterra still to accept milk from a farm which supplies them but is then sold, this is reasonable and fair
Loving the bipartisan approach, Bennett agreeing with everything O'Connor said and reiterating than open entry needs to be gone
TRIPARTISANSHIP!
Kuriger welcoming a level playing field, she must've read my blog
Behomoth?

Nevermind the pronunciation, NZ First makes it four from four
Has DIRA ever had cross party support before?

NO I DON'T THINK IT HAS!
I gotta say I have never before heard politicians speak about DIRA like they actually understand it, and I am here for it
Who would've thought that changing the entire way Fonterra interacts with the government could be such a good move?

Pretty sure appointing a CEO that people actually like didn't hurt either
And that's it, second reading passes unanimously!
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