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Inside Parliament: Proposed volunteer police, abortion law reform and what’s happening inside the Green Party?

August 8, 2019

The 1 NEWS political reporters give a behind the scenes rundown of the biggest stories from Parliament this week. (Source: Other)

Inside Parliament, the 1 NEWS political team's video podcast, is back with NZ First MP Ron Mark hitting back at reactions to the volunteer police proposal. "That's a stupid thing to say," he said of the criticism.

The team also looks at how the proposed abortion law reform is tracking.

Finally, they look at the Green Party: Is there internal dissent, or is Jack McDonald just throwing a bit of shade?

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