Emmerson on Norman, money and smoke (in that order)

Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson quite correctly identifies the effect that LabourGreens' Political Party Initiated Referendum on asset sales (of which there aren't actually any happening!) will have:

Emmerson has got this bang on the money (if you'll pardon the pun). Having wasted hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars purchasing the required number of signatures, LabourGreen now want to waste another $9 million on a referendum which we've already had.