At yesterday’s post-Cabinet press conference, Prime Minister John Key indicated that the government is waiting for a Crown law office opinion on Justice Forrest Miller’s High Court ruling on the approval process for the Crafar Farms deal with the Chinese, before deciding on its next step. Like most observers, Key expressed surprise at the Overseas Investment Office’s initial confidence that the matter could be sorted out in ‘only a few days’. On current indications, the Crown Law Office opinion and any public sign of what law change, if any, the government might pursue could be a week away, or more.

Source : Gordon Campbell

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