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I'm still on Cloud 9 after the massive anti-mining march on Saturday - the biggest single protest march in NZ since 1938. By any measure this was a huge show of public opinion and strength. The left now has to play its cards carefully. For…
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A new report says that building the half a billion worth of new trains for Auckland in New Zealand would boost GDP by $250 million, improve our current account deficit by over $100 million, add $70 million to government revenue, and create 1200 skilled jobs.…
Economy jobs national public transport same old national Unions
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If the government's experts are to be believed, most of this country's mineral wealth is on private land ($80 billion of $194 billion is on the conservation estate). And there would be nothing like the public reaction to mining on private land that there is…
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Darien Fenton's Redundancy Protection Bill is before the House this week (provided National doesn't cancel Private Members' Day again). 80% of Kiwis (basically, the non-unionised ones) don't have any redundancy protection. If they lose their jobs, they're out on their arse with nothing. All other…
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50,000 New Zealanders march against the mining plans of this government. For many, the mining agenda is yet another black mark against this government that has done nothing positive about the issues that matter - jobs, wages, health, education, the environment. But the capitalist elite…
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We all know that Police and Corrections Minister Judith Collins has, for all her tough talk, failed to bring down crime. In fact, the steady decrease in the crime rate has dramatically reversed under her watch. Her stupid 'tough on crime' policies have failed to…
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Readers of this site will have noted that the authors here aren't exactly supportive of privatizing prisons. There is far too much scope for kickbacks, backroom deals, and overt and covert funding of lobby groups aimed at increasing the prison 'business'. GEO Group is one…
accountability corruption election funding International law and "order" national/act government prisons The Standard us politics youtube
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I was watching a couple of clips from the debate on workers' meal break rights, the one where the Maori party decided to vote against workers' rights. In one of the clips, Michael Woodhouse said something very interesting. You probably haven't heard of Michael Woodhouse.…
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Wow! An incredible 50,000 people have turned out in Auckland this May Day to protest the Government's plan to open protected land to mining. This eclipses even the Foreshore and Seabed hikoi and leaves 'enough is enough' in the shade. I can't think of another…
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Herald chief political commentator John Armstrong writes why Brownlee's mining plans are turning a shade of yellow. Some interesting observations - worth a read. Along with Brownlee's exceptionally poor performance as Leader of the House, one wonders how much his sub-par handling of the mining…
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Today, May the first, is the day to march for NZ. Very literally, for the hills and mountains, the bush and the wildlife, for the sustainable future, and the clean green image of our country. March to oppose mining in the most precious regions of…
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