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Will be fun to read the Armstrongs, Rolstons, Laws, Holmes, Hooton and the other assorted rightwingers that besmirch our weekend papers. See them desperately to turn Key's handling of Worth's philandering into an attack on Goff. There will be claims that Goff made the harassment…
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That's the right-wing bloggers' spin. It's weak. By far the most interesting thing that emerged from this morning's exchanges on the wireless was Goff''s revelation from his file notes of his private advice to Key, that Key said "that he had heard previously rumours of…
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Key is describing himself as 'piggy in the middle' in the Worth sexual harassment affair. Says he had two conflicting stories and couldn't choose between them. What rubbish. Key accepted Worth's version of events. He let the matter drop. No punishment for Worth. If he…
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From The Independent: No lasting harm from airport credit downgrade. Analysts and management of Auckland International Airport are unconcerned at Standard & Poor's downgrading of the airport's corporate credit and debt rating from A to A-minus. The downgrade will add less than $1 million to…
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In Brisbane yesterday, members of Australian transport unions took over an intersection outside AirNZ's HQ to show their solidarity with the Zeal workers. Great to see the workers supporting each other across national borders. As for Air New Zealand, their shame is now international. -Marty…
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Animal Liberation Aotearoa (ALA) have for the past year or so been running a series of farm tours, taking members of the public onto factory farms to see for themselves how they work. They do these openly and in broad daylight, accepting the possible risk…
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Sorry for the long post. This is my transcript of John Key's interview with Mary Wilson on Checkpoint last night. It's just incredible. Key obviously shielded Worth with a *nudge* *wink* 'investigation' into the sexual harassment complaint and his now trying to cover his own…
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I was listening to Parliament on the wireless this afternoon. First. Question Time. Bennett was asked how many jobs the Jobs Summit has saved. Proudly, she announced '223'. But wait! A few minutes later she corrected that to, wait for it, 303! After all that 223…
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Mary Wilson interviews John Key on Checkpoint. Brilliant. Sean Plunket interviews Richard Prebble and Richard Griffin on Morning Report. Grubby old men. Time for a change. UPDATE [a_y_b]: That first one's unbelievable. Here's the embed.
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This evening, Labour tabled in the House, with her permission, a statement from the woman that Richard Worth harrassed with his corrupt 'jobs for favours' proposals. Journalists got copies and have quoted from it but not shown it. Except, the Herald briefly posted an image…
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If you saw last night's One News piece on the Worth fiasco, you might have noticed Key looking particularly haggard. This photo doesn't really do justice to how crap he actually looked - grey, sallow, a lot of wrinkles and bags under the eyes, and…
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Before the election National's "Employment & Workplace Relations" policy set out the principle of "building opportunity for all", and the need to "Expand job opportunities for those having difficulty getting work -like young, inexperienced people or new immigrants." The Job Summit talk-fest paid plenty of…
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First it was Paul Henry and Guyon Espiner. Both agree Key needs to "come clean with the country and give us more detail than he has". Next up was Goff. Fair analysis. Didn't gloat. One of his best appearances so far.
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National promised to do a lot of things in their first term such as: Not selling state assets. Keeping WFF and other entitlements as they were. Keeping superannuation ticking along nicely Giving everyone "north of $50 a week" They have broken two of their promises.…
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This just gets worse for Key. It has emerged that Worth was offering 'jobs for favours' for a young woman. Goff passed her allegations on to Key. According to the Dom (physical version, online is different) Key said "I investigated them and there didn't appear…
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John Key's making a real hash of this latest Worth scandal. There was the secretive way he went about things yesterday, which is just not acceptable from a Prime Minister in New Zealand. He wasted several opportunities to correct his mistake and give full details…
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hattip: Maia, Anthony Karinski
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Happy 50th lprent! Now here's someone Russel Norman could legitimately call grey ;-) But seriously, Lynn is a baby-boomer, one of those generation born with a golden spoon who enjoyed a free education while lumbering my generation with debt. A generation who are now further…
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It turns out that Phil Goff was aware of an allegation about Richard Worth weeks ago that may relate to the current investigation. Labour leader Phil Goff took an allegation of Richard Worth's inappropriate behaviour towards a woman to Prime Minister John Key about a…
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A dude told me a good political rule of thumb the other day. ‘If Farrar won't go near something, it's pure political poison. Farrar can be low but he's got good instincts for saving his brand. Look at the way he dropped Lee and his…
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From the fuzz: Police confirm that a complaint was made in Auckland two weeks ago and related to a recent alleged incident. Preliminary inquiries were made and the complaint transferred to Wellington Police for further investigation. Meanwhile, Key has revealed that he lost confidence in…
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Here's an exert from Nick Smith's speech to the 2009 New Zealand Planning Institute Conference: I acknowledge, that while the bulk of submissions have been supportive of the Bill, there is considerable debate over the provisions that remove the non-complying activity class, that restrict blanket…
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Quite rightly, Michael Cullen has avoided getting involved in the debate over National's starvation diet for the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, known as the Cullen Fund. As chairman of an SOE, he should keep out of partisan politics. Still, he couldn't resist sending a subtle…
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David Farrar has a post on Kiwiblog listing the fastest risers to become Prime Minister. They are: John Key - 6 years David Lange - 7 years Jenny Shipley - 10 years Geoffrey Palmer - 10 years Bill Rowling - 12 years Mike Moore -…
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How titillating. Worth has resigned and he won't say why. 'Personal reasons' eh? Heard that one before. Key's not talking either. He describes it as a 'private reason'. Got to wonder what's in the Tories' heads on this one. Don't keep a secret unless you…
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Just out from the police: An allegation has been made against a sitting member of Parliament. Wellington police are conducting a preliminary investigation into this matter. UPDATE: Key has just confirmed at his press conference that Worth has quit because of a "criminal matter".
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Six months in and John Key has broken three of his eleven "personal guarantees". Impressive. Click on the image for full size.
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Strange isn't it that Key can support transparency yesterday but not today. Political expediency at its worst.
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Richard Worth has stood down for "personal reasons". Of course he will have been pushed. My guess is that the PM will say some nice things about him on the record while off the record Kevin Taylor will be making it very clear this is…
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Link on Stuff. UPDATE: The "personal reasons" we know about so far: He personally profited from his trip to India to discuss aviation training. He personally visited the victim of an attack involving the son of a mate of his. He's been personally summonsed to give evidence in…