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I've been to many meetings recently that have been about or interested in Len Brown's new Auckland Plan. Quite diverse meetings, of quite diverse communities. The opinions have been nowhere near as divergent, and one issue is constantly at the forefront: Public Transport. At an ethnic forum…
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Phil Goff has announced that Labour will bring agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme earlier and use the extra revenue to fund R&D, much of which will be into clean tech and low-carbon farming. That's part a swath of announcements showing Goff's Labour has the…
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No. Really, they're wasting it on corporate tagging of no value to anyone whatsoever. You can make your own parody sign, like the one below, here and join the 7K strong Facebook group. This 'future evolution of the Wellywood sign' is pretty funny too.
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Gotta confess that I really can't figure John Armstrong out. He is capable of writing the most embarrassingly sycophantic twaddle it has ever been my misfortune to read. But then on a good day he can get right to the heart of the matter, such…
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Despite some progress under the last Labour government, too many children have been allowed to slip through the gaps in this country. And now of course, under a National government, it's getting worse. In her conference speech this evening Annette King has renewed her promise…
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Wellington airport has decided to go ahead with its fucken ugly, stupid, unimaginative, probably illegal, laughable, hick-imitating-city-sophisticate 'Wellywood' sign. It's "bullshit" says a Wellington director. "Try-hard" says a branding expert. Does the airport know they're spending hundreds of thousands on what will immediately be bonfire…
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If like me, you're are in Auckland today and not at the Labour election year congress in Wellington* - here is something interesting to do. There is a "Festival for the Planet - A Peoples Assembly on Climate Change" at midday - 5pm the Town…
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Time for a bit of in depth analysis of some of the key phrases in Bill English's budget speech: This Budget restricts the increase in public debt to manageable levels. Treasury’s December forecasts showed a dramatic and indefinite rise in debt levels. This is unacceptable…
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John Key thinks National will lose some support because of the budget saying: "I wouldn't be surprised if we ease back a bit. I mean that's logical. Some of that sort of froth in there will come away". Hear that, tens of thousands of swing…
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Doing the rounds on email. Country's getting a bit of a pasting lately...
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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It matters not who owns a thing, what really matters is "who controls it" . We have been watching our house being burgled for to long haven't we? I can't move, I feel like I am paralyzed, I shout out but know-one can hear me,…
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I was listening to John Key on Parliament TV last night on the budget. I was musing that he had clearly not yet fully realized that he'd won the last election. He is still blaming Labour for his cabinets inadequate performance in running the government.…
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If we're talking outcomes then I disagree with Phil Goff - this isn't the worst budget I've ever seen. That prize would have to go to Ruth's mother of all budgets, or perhaps one of the variety of black budgets we saw under the fourth…
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Not in John Key and Bill English's third budget. The 'good times' they are promising would have looked pitiful under Labour. 4% wage growth will be below inflation once the Kiwisaver clawbacks get you. An extra 1% of your gross income will go into Kiwisaver…
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Unions and community groups don't need to wait till after the Budget is read to know they've been screwed. They're gathering today at Parliament at 12pm for a protest rally - come along if you're in town. I was talking to a union organiser today…
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It's only taken two and a half years of mismanagement and reckless tax cuts from John Key and co to run the country and the government into a mountain of debt. The questions now: how bad have they let things get, who will they make…
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An anonymous Sunday Star Times editorial last weekend (not on line) reads like a postcard from the future: Key’s pleasantness will one day look like blandness and lack of vision. His smiley face will eventually symbolise vapidity and self-satisfaction. His pragmatism will in due course…
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So, today is Budget day. The big stuff has all been pretty well signposted, tinkering with KiwiSaver, Working for Families, and student loan eligibility. The devil will be in the details of all the cuts that get made to try and limit the damage in…
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Speaking to Audrey Young in today's Herald, Prime Minister John Key stated "the one thing I've come to learn is that the single biggest driving factor in Kiwisaver is inertia". This confirms what many in the community have been thinking, and a few in the…
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This rolling post is intended to be a record of the lies, misrepresentations, and misdirections the National government and its allies try to foist on us. It's a 'facts only' post. Today's topic: borrowing for tax cuts - - - - - - - -…
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Labour have been running a competition to crowd source their billboard design. Here is the winner, which (see Red Alert) will be going up around Wellington shortly. Labour is planning a tough campaign. Expect these billboards to provoke some controversy. In comments on Red Alert,…