Tell us about you.

Yeah.

So, um, yeah, Dan Rosewarne.

Um, I am 45 years old.

I haven't followed the usual path to politics.

So I started out as a, uh, mechanic in the Army.

I left school early, and, uh, there wasn't much going on at the time.

You're the guy who wants to be the local Labor MP, but your party is, i- isn't, isn't putting the support behind the Woodend Bypass the same way National is.

Tell us about you.

Yeah.

So, um, yeah, Dan Rosewarne.

Um, I am 45 years old.

I haven't followed the usual path to politics.

So I started out as a, uh, mechanic in the Army.

I left school early, and, uh, there wasn't much going at the time.

You're the guy who wants to be the local Labor MP, but your party is, i- isn't, isn't putting the support behind the Woodend Bypass the same way National is.

Who's got to pay within 15 days? When does the clock start? And then what happens if you don't get paid?

Yeah, good question.

What I'll do is I'll just define what a small business is and then what a big business is.

So a small business is a business with an annual revenue below $10 million.

Now, a large business is a business that in each of the previous two financial years has had revenue above $33 million, excluding GST, and operating expenditure above $10 million, excluding wages, salaries, and payments within that same corporate group.

So we're talking about the Fonterras, some of these really, really big businesses that a lot of our smaller businesses businesses, particularly in our regions, deal with on a daily basis.

Now, the principle behind the policy is pretty simple.

So for a small business that's looking at a vehicle, a piece of equipment, new technology, how does your approach change the investment decision for a business owner?

Dan Rose, would Labour keep this extension of the powers in place if it was in government?

Yeah, well, so I serve on the Justice Select Committee.

We spend a lot of time with this, and we were advised by the police themselves that this was a bad idea.

You know, everyone agrees that retail crime is a real problem, and retailers deserve support.

But them themselves have said, look, our staff don't have the training to be able to do this, and the reoccurring message we got was around concerns about escalation and what actually can potentially happen.

So that is an area that I have particular concern about, and so we will be looking at that.

Why?

Well, this is making sure that the community gets a say.

But are you saying that Labour is prepared to look at how things go in other countries? And if it's not successful, you won't support it here?

Well, I mean, I think it's wise to see how the jurisdictions are managing these emerging issues.

But for me, I have kids myself, so a 15-year-old, a 13-year-old.

And it's about having a hands-on kind of approach to what they're actually viewing online.

It's not just social media per se.

It's things like YouTube in their bedrooms.

So I think parenting plays a key role in that.

of that idea?