I found this over at The Good Oil a couple of days ago by Bryce Edwards (Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington.) under this Heading:

An Inquiry Into the Conflicts of Interest.

His focus is on The Governments Fast Track Legislation starting with the Auditor Generals investigation of possible Ministerial Conflicts of Interest. Here is a sample:

The Auditor-General’s longstanding concerns

Back in April, the Auditor-General submitted to the select committee reviewing the Fast-Track Bill, raising serious concerns about the potential for unchecked ministerial conflicts within this expedited approval framework. The submission cautioned that the bill, while designed to address infrastructure bottlenecks, lacked robust mechanisms for identifying and managing conflicts among ministers.

He recommended the government “consider whether the transparency and accountability arrangements in the bill are proportionate to the discretion being provided to ministers”.

The Auditor-General’s comments underscore a recurring theme in recent criticism: the process of declaring conflicts remains murky, leaving the public uninformed about ministers’ ties to fast-track projects. This lack of transparency, critics allege, could leave the Fast-Track Act vulnerable to favouritism and influence from entities with political or financial sway.

It is a lengthy piece and he delves into the following each of which has their own Headings:

Issues with ministerial conflict-of-interest management.

The Role of political donations and lobbying.

The Auditor-General’s influence on parliamentary debate.

Influence of wealthy interests and political clout.

The government’s opacity on fast track conflicts of interest.

Possible reform outcomes.

Concerns about the fast track integrity isn’t just from government opponents.

A Critical juncture for ministerial integrity.

Each of the above headings has a number of paragraphs but in true lefty fashion nowhere does Bryce Edwards compare and contrast with the influence Unions BUY with Labour led Governments and he lets himself down by not doing so.

As I said above it is a lengthy read, hence the Headings listed above but here is the link so you can indulge yourselves and read the entire diatribe.

https://goodoil.news/an-inquiry-into-the-conflicts-of-interest/