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Boot camps are a failure. $36K per head. 15 of 17 in the first two groups have reoffended already. That's a worse recividism rate than prison. Even on dubious assumptions that the other 2 would have reoffended without boot camp and actually haven't, that's $612,000…
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One of the most annoying things about living in a small, insignificant country like NZ, is the way that the bigger players treat us with impunity. Even within our own borders. Of course the prime example is the 1985 bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by…
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While Key is monkeying around in LA achieving nothing, Labour is pushing ahead with policies that will take this country forward. Last night, Phil Goff announced the party's procurement policy at a meeting of Kiwirail Hillside workers, who have just experienced the results of government…
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TV1's poll on Sunday was supposedly curtains for CGT, so what does it mean that the latest Roy Morgan has the Nats down 5% and the Left in striking range of an upset win? It means don't draw instant conclusions linking one poll to one…
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Guest poster David Clark at Red Alert has broken news on job cuts at Child Youth and Family that hasn't appeared anywhere else in the media yet. See: Children at risk as Government axes frontline CYF staff David Clark is the Labour candidate for Dunedin…
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Stayed up to watch the Murdochs testifying before a House of Commons committee. They didn't know a thing about phone hacking. They were let down by those under them. Rupert said it was "the most humble day of my life". That would be right; Murdochs…
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I/S has revealed how Gerry Brownlee handpicked the "independent" body that is meant to monitor the use of his CERA powers. He appointed Jenny Shipley to the panel and got her $1000 a day, three times the usual pay. Brownlee said the extra was needed…
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Rupert Murdoch got a pie in the face today. But it was only shaving foam. To really do the job, you need special ingredients.
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Things are going from bad to worse for Steven Joyce. Labour has released its estimate of the cost of lost dividends by 2025 if National's asset sales plan goes ahead: $9.7b. All omitted from National's budget. Labour has challenged National to concede the numbers or…
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The New Zealand Institute is "a privately funded think-tank" which attracted a fair bit of attention recently with its report "A goal is not a strategy". It has just released another report which is also likely to be controversial. The Herald reports: Disadvantaged NZ youth bottom…
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Associate Finance Minister Steven Joyce has dealt his government's economic credibility a serious blow by attacking Labour's costings of its fiscal plan and getting his own numbers wrong. David Cunliffe looks to be enjoying himself as he rips Joyce apart on Red Alert, in the…
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Key's off on holiday again. 5 days of taxpayer-funded travel and the only real meeting will be half an hour with Obama. But first, he's in LA solely to have dinner with Warners. Value for our money eh? Key's more excited about standing in the…
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Back in October 2010 the Nats were quick to claim credit for (apparently) low inflation: Govt claims credit for six-year inflation low The Government is claiming credit for low price rises, saying people have more money in their pockets on the back on low inflation…
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If you're a blogosphere regular, you'll have noticed that recently every monkey with a copy of The Fountainhead and a crush on John Key has been spouting the line that the top 10% of taxpayers pay 71% of net tax. Sounds incredible, eh? That's because…
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I've been thinking about that lawyer Casey Plunket who threatened to leave for Australia over Labour restoring the 39% top tax rate at the stratospheric threshold of $150,000. It means a couple of thousand more tax for the wealthiest Kiwis. Does anyone seriously think anyone…
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The latest ONE News / Colmar Brunton poll is bad for Labour, down 7 to 27% , while the Nats are up 1 to 53%. We've seen Labour bouncing around in other polls, so time will tell if this is a rogue, or a genuine drop…
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The government that can't tell us how much their asset sales policy will cost in lost dividends and sales costs, yet they've magicked up some numbers with all kinds of dodgy assumptions that supposedly show Labour's tax package doesn't add up. Well, I suppose they…
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Absolutely brilliant from Imperator Fish: ....Australia has a capital gains tax. Australia was also once a penal colony. Is that the kind of future we want for our kids? Countries like the US and UK have capital gains taxes too. They also have nuclear weapons.…
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Oh joy, Monckton is back in town: Plans are under way to pit outspoken climate sceptic Christopher Monckton against top New Zealand scientists in a debate designed to stir up controversy. A climate change sceptics group is trying to arrange a visit by the high-profile…
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More nice work from Greg Salmond... Better add ACC to that list. Btw, anyone else noticed that Key has just disappeared since about Tuesday last week? Hardly a peep from him on Labour's tax policy. He's off on another holiday next week. Important stuff like…
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A week ago, Chicken Little Key said capital gains tax was going to "put a dagger through the heart of the economy"? Now, Key's been replaced as point-man on the issue with Bill English and the line has been downgraded to "it's a hodge-podge". The…
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DPF isn't impressed with a post at No Right Turn: Distasteful ... Anyway, because Lockwood upheld the law, Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn has compared him to a member of the Ku Klux Klan. That’s a pretty disgusting smear. ... I happen to think that DPF…