Sue Bradford MP

The New Zealand politician Sue Bradford (born 1952) serves as a list Member of Parliament representing the Green Party. Image File history File links SueBradfordGreenMP.jpg‎ Sue Bradford MP. Official photo of MP supplied by the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand webmaster. ... Image File history File links SueBradfordGreenMP.jpg‎ Sue Bradford MP. Official photo of MP supplied by the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand webmaster. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Party lists are used in elections to legislatures which use Party-list proportional representation or additional member proportional representation to designate a partys nominees in the at-large portion of the vote. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Wikinews has related news: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ...

Early life

Sue Bradford graduated from Auckland University in History and Political Studies, and later obtained a MA in Chinese. Furthering her academic education she undertook postgraduate study at Canterbury University where she received a diploma in journalism. The University of Auckland is New Zealands largest research-based university by student numbers. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... The University of Canterbury is a university located in the suburbs of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ...

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Bradford had a high profile as an activist against various New Right style social and economic reforms pursued by the governments of the day. Accordingly, she became something of a bête noire amongst supporters of the right, centre-right and centre in New Zealand. Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... New Right is used in several countries as a descriptive term for various forms of conservative, right-wing, or self-proclaimed dissident oppositional movements and groups that emerged in the mid- to late twentieth century. ...

Member of Parliament

As a member of the Green Party, Bradford first won election to the Parliament as a list MP in the 1999 elections. She had joined the Green Party in 1990, and had contested the 1998 Auckland mayoral election as the Green candidate. Before joining the Greens, she worked actively in the NewLabour Party, and served as its president from 1989 to 1990. The 46th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand. ... Wikinews has related news: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ... The 47th New Zealand Parliament was the most recent term of the Parliament of New Zealand. ... Wikinews has related news: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ... The 48th New Zealand Parliament is the current term of the Parliament of New Zealand. ... Wikinews has related news: Greens Party refines Buy Kiwi Made scheme The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament. ... The New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. ... Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems used in multiple-winner elections (e. ... The 1999 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 46th session of the New Zealand Parliament. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Mayor of Auckland is the head of the municipal government of Auckland, New Zealand, and presides over the Auckland City Council. ... NewLabour Party logo NewLabour was the name chosen by Jim Anderton, an MP and former President of the New Zealand Labour Party, for his new left-of-centre party in 1989. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...

As of 2005 Bradford functions as the Green Party spokesperson on ACC, Agriculture, Buy Kiwi-Made, Community and Voluntary Sector, Community Economic Development, Gambling, Housing, Industrial Relations, Internal Affairs, Mental Health, National Library and Archives, Racing, Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Small Business and Social Development. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A spokesperson (person could be replaced with the gender of the person), or spokesmodel is a person who speaks on behalf of others, but is understood not to be necessarily part of the others (e. ... The Accident Compensation Corporation (Te Kaporeihana Āwhina Hunga Whara, ACC) is a New Zealand Crown Entity responsible for administering the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act ; which supports citizens, residents, and temporary visitors who have suffered accidental injuries. ... Buy Kiwi Made is a promotion for people to buy products made in New Zealand. ... The National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa in Maori) is New Zealands legal deposit library and a public service department, charged with the obligation to enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations (National Library of New... Archives New Zealand: the New Zealand government public service department charged with the custody and preservation of the public archives of New Zealand (from the Archives Act 1957). ...

The New Zealand Herald selected Bradford as Backbencher of the Year for 2000. The New Zealand Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

Child Discipline Bill

Main article: Child Discipline Bill

In 2005, a parliamentary ballot allowed the discussion of Bradford's member's bill, the Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill 2005. The Bill proposed amending Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961 to remove the legal defence of "reasonable force" for parents prosecuted for assault on their children. The Bill passed the select committee stage and its second parliamentary reading with a huge majority, and became law after it passed its third reading on 16 May 2007^[1] The Bill occasioned widespread debate, and a movement led by Family First New Zealand^[2] has started a petition for a Citizens' Initiated Referendum to take place on the issue.^[3] The Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Act was a widely controversial amendment to the New Zealand Crimes Act which was introduced to the New Zealand Parliament as a private members bill in 2005, and passed overwhelmingly in 2007. ... A Private Members Bill is a proposed law introduced by a backbench member of parliament, whether from the government or the opposition side, to that legislature or parliament. ... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Referendums (or referenda) are held only occasionally by the government of New Zealand. ...

In one reaction to the Bill, a person posting on the "CYFSWatch" website threatened Bradford with assassination.^[4]

See also: New Zealand blogosphere#CYFS Watch

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References

• Sue Bradford. Parliament. Retrieved on 2006-08-15.
• The year in politics: The year of living cautiously. NZ Herald. Retrieved on 2006-08-15.
• The Holmes Interview: Sue Bradford - a feisty battler. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved on 2007-03-04

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External links

• Sue Bradford bio (Green Party website)
• Sue Bradford bio (NZ Parliament website)