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Chris Hipkins has taken steps to ensure there's more transparency around the current lobbying system.
Hipkins has written to Parliament's Speaker to revoke swipe cards from lobbyists and requested that they develop a voluntary code of conduct, with assistance from the Ministry of Justice.
Saunders Unsworth lobbyist Mark Unsworth says he's not going to miss his swipe card access- and isn't opposed to a code of conduct either.
Mark Unsworth says consultant lobbyists like himself only make up 20 percent of the lobbying operating in New Zealand, and it's unclear if the code of conduct will just impact that 20 percent.
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