Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Hepetema 1997, i whakarere a Quirke i tana noho i te Whare o te Huihuinga kia tohua ai ki te Whare Kaunihera, hei whakakī i tētahi tūnga hararei i puta mai i te wehenga o Dominic Foreman. I pootihia ia i a ia ano i te pooti a-roana 1998 a ka pootihia hei kaiawhina whiu. Ko Quirke te tumuaki o te Select Committee on the Socio-Economic Consequences of the National Competition Policy, i whakatūria i te tau 1998 me te pūrongo i te tau 2000. I tautoko ia i te pōti "Ae" i te pōti tūmatanui o Ahitereiria i te tau 1999
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