This week the Gals digest Budget 2025 – The Growth Budget, the yeah nah budget, the marmite sandwich budget, the no BS Budget.

Winners, losers, wildcards and all of our reckons!

Question Time: What do you make of the education reprioritisations?

This week the Gals talk about the ongoing pay equity saga and C-bombs, the harshest punishments ever recommended by Parliament’s Privileges Committee, all things pre-Budget and the Greens’ alternate budget.

Georgie gets a defamation warning, Esther asks Labour leader Chris Hipkins if the rules around Urgency need to change, and Brigitte makes her views on the proposed suspensions for three Te Pāti Māori MPs known.

Yass Queen to pants and shorts and Beehave Mate to a local Labour Party branch for a distasteful social media post.

Question Time: Are there any rules/guides around what can be passed under urgency?

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This week the Gals discuss the Government’s surprise pay equity changes (at length!), the proposed social media age ban, pre-Budget announcements, and claims that a law change legalises the killing of our native kiwi.

Yass Queen to two Aussie blokes showing some class and Beehave Mate to some less classy Australians.

Question Time: Has National shot itself in the foot re pay equity?

This week the Gals talk about the Budget countdown, cops in the swimming pool, doctor strikes and prisoner voting rights and Trump winning the Canadian election.

Yass Queen to an MP advocating for vulnerable women and Beehave Mate to New Zealand’s failure to protect our most vulnerable children.

Question Time: How do we make a change for our country with respect to ‘no social media before 16’?

This week the Gals chat about defence spending, trade wars, changes to our we run our elections and the demise of the Treaty Principles Bill.

Yass Queen to the departing political editor of the NZ Herald and a close-to-home Beehave Mate this week as the Gals recount a recent encounter outside Parliament.

Question Time: Is Gerry Brownlee doing a good job as Speaker?

This week the Gals celebrate the end of the ferry saga, congratulate Minister Chris Penk on more important, but boring, building reform and question whether the term “bussy” should ever caption a picture of a child.

Yass Queen goes to a brilliant street artist and Beehave Mate to Trump (cause he really did the dirty on Aotearoa this week).

This week the Gals talk about the pesky RMA, a shocking error by government agencies and disappearing electorates.

Yass Queen to a positive example of AI in politics and Beehave Mate to both our major political parties for bickering about working groups.

Question Time: How do staffers get matched to Ministers?

This week the Gals discuss two big international trips, economic green shoots, the ACT Party and local government and the fact that winter is coming.

Esther has a fashion disaster, Brigitte dubs herself the good news bear and cricket expert and Georgie dreams of giving birth in the dark.

Yass Queen to a new pill for endometriosis and Beehave Mate to a chardonnay-loving Judge.

This week the Gals rally against PPPs and acronyms, ask whether Winston Peters is a diversity hire and accuse Chris Hipkins of stealing an MPs wages.

Brigitte delves into the complexities of an obscure Wildlife Act rule and Esther tries to explain how procurement can be sexy.

Yass Queen goes to both Gerry Brownlee and Esther’s impersonation of Gerry Brownlee.