Crowdsourcing bid

Green MP Julie Anne Genter turned to Twitter for inspiration yesterday, asking if her followers had any questions for Communications Minister Amy Adams at the commerce select committee. She received a barrage of replies, including one from National’s Chris Tremain. But they were not all friendly. One blogger said she was paid enough to come up with her own questions. Genter replied that National backbench MPs were paid to ask ‘‘patsy’’ questions and ‘‘crowdsourcing can’t hurt’’.