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- **Parliamentary Term Proposal**: The New Zealand initiative’s suggestion of extending the parliamentary term to four years and increasing MPs by 50, which Bob criticizes. He argues that the current three-year term provides natural accountability and opposes the idea unless there is an upper house or binding referendums.
- **Capital Gain Tax Proposal**: Labor’s inconsistent stance on capital gains tax is scrutinized. Bob discusses the impact of such taxes on family homes and investment properties, and expresses skepticism about tax revenue being used solely for healthcare.
- **Social Media Regulation**: Ongoing debates about regulating social media usage for under-16s and holding big tech accountable. Bob supports the discussion on regulation but notes that Act Party isn’t keen on a ban.
- **Drug Policy**: The Helen Clark Foundation’s report advocating for drug law liberalization is examined. Bob highlights that a majority of the public still favours a no-tolerance approach to drug enforcement, and criticises the media’s obsession and bias towards drug liberalisation laws.
- **Church and Labour and Politics**: Allegations of South Auckland Labour councillors campaigning from church pulpits, which Bob criticizes as inappropriate given the principle of separation of church and state.
- **US Politics and Migration**: Discusses a same-sex couple moving from the US to New Zealand, and their citing of rising intolerance and restrictive policies which ironically would have occurred under both Trump and Biden administrations – but that wasn’t their narrative, or the media’s.
- **US Supreme Court Case**: A future case on November 7th where the US Supreme Court will consider revisiting the constitutionality of same-sex marriage laws. Meanwhile 1News promotes research on the benefits of polygyny!
- **Advertisement Complaint**: Analysis of a New World supermarket ad that received a complaint for allegedly denigrating men, which Bob finds baseless.
- **Kamala Harris Presidential Run**: Bob jokes about Kamala Harris considering running for president, viewing it as good news for Republicans.
