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Open mike 08/09/2012
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Brian Easton on Light-handed regulation
Brian Easton will introduce the Fabian Society Light-handed Regulation Series at Connolly Hall, Guildford Terrace, Wellington, on Monday 10 September at 5:30pm. Brian's presentation will look at light-handed regulation and its effect on work safety, finance sector, energy sector and construction and building. Brian will…
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Weekend social 07/09/2012
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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Caption Contest
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Unqualified teachers in charter schools condemned
The Nats' inconsistency on the importance of having well qualified teachers is one of their most brazen examples of naked political opportunism. Hekia Parata: Focus on quality will raise achievement Education Minister Hekia Parata today said the National-led Government’s focus on teaching quality will raise achievement…
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Open mike 07/09/2012
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ImperatorFish: Bennett Announces Welfare Crackdown
Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. People of Swedish descent who engage in acts of treason while dressed as nuns will no longer be eligible to receive welfare,…
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Mine now, or later?
Something struck me as weird about the Spring Creek closure. Why have they stopped mining immediately even though the future of the mine hasn't been decided and the miners are still being paid? Why did Solid Energy consider it more economic to pay the miners…
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Joycie says relax
Steven Joyce is meant to be the Jobs Czar. That's what Mobie is supposedly for - creating jobs and growth. So, what's his reaction to another hundred job losses yesterday at the Bluff smelter and the threat of the loss of 3,200 more? "If [Tiwai…
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Water rights hui
Next Thursday there will be a national hui on water rights called by Maori King Tuheitia. John Key is playing divide and rule, and thus has forbidden National MPs from attending: Key: Government won't go to water hui Prime Minister John key says the Government…
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Trouble? Re-announce a distraction…
I see Paula Benefit is up to her old tricks again. As the government desperately wants to be doing something other than not attending huis over water rights, it's up to Paula to pull a benefit bash. But she's obviously run out of ideas. So…
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Open mike 06/09/2012
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ImperatorFish: On “The Issues That Matter”
Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. I see that Jordan Carter has written a piece in response (I presume) to Stuart Nash's blogpost about Labour's "mistake" in focusing…
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If they didn’t want to sell it, we would all own it
The National/Act government wants to sell essential public infrastructure assets that we all own and that returns a public dividend to a few of its mates who have the money, so some of its other mates can clip the ticket on the way. If water-dependent…
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GM lobby can butt out
Genetically modified (GM) food is a contentious issue worldwide. Personally I'm not as opposed to GM as many on the left, but I think that there are perfectly good reasons that NZ as a country should remain GM free. And we should certainly stand up…
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Clark on the minimum wage
Labour's speeches and press releases are going to be under intense scrutiny in the months ahead, as the pundits and the public look for signs of the party's direction. David Clark's opinion piece in The Herald makes for welcome reading in this respect: David Clark:…
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Spring Creek & the Government’s priorities
I'm no fan of coal mining, obviously. We need to reduce the amount of carbon we put in the atmosphere dramatically and stopping digging it up would be a good start. But the Nats have no such concerns. They want more jobs in hydrocarbon extraction.…
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NRT: Nats sit on their hands as Chch housing crisis grows
There's a major housing crisis in Christchurch. People are living in unsafe, cold houses and their health is suffering. Rents are at criminal levels. And people are still fleeing the city. So, what's the Government doing about it? As I/S at No Right Turn reports,…
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Open mike 05/09/2012
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MMP Review newsletter
We're just days away from the end of public consultation on the MMP Review, and this week is your last chance make a submission on the Proposals Paper. We're received almost 700 submissions on the Proposals Paper already, and want to make sure that no-one…
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Will National think of the children?
The Herald has had a plethora of columns urging action on the 230,000-270,000 in Child Poverty this week. There have been 3 weighty reports on Child Poverty out recently to spur them, but the even conservative ol' Granny Herald seems to have got the message,…
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Greenpeace – working for others.
Today Greenpeace will be in the Court of Appeal to challenge the interpretation of the High Court or what is a charitable purpose. Bunny McDiarmid at the Greenpeace blog has a pretty good post on it "Charity or not, Greenpeace is here to stay". This…
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Republicans haunted by Invisible Obama
At the recent Republican Convention a clearly befuddled Clint Eastwood spent 12 minutes haranguing an empty chair that was supposed to represent Barack Obama. Here's Jon Stewart's take... Actually, I still can't get embedding from The Daily Show working, so I have to send you…
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What the polls are saying
I reckon that if Labour and the Greens combined get more votes than National next election, they'll be able to find enough support parties to govern. Vice versa too. During the last term, National averaged an 11% lead over Lab+Green. This term 3%. Since June,…
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What a shambles
I think Mike's hit it on the head. National's asset sales policy is dead, it just doesn't know it yet. Key's punted for touch, pushed the hard calls out by six months (at a cost of another $10 million to us, thank you very much).…
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I wonder who earned their Christmas bonus for coining the term “Breastapo”?
There's been a flurry of articles recently about the extreme or bullying lengths some health professionals are apparently going to in order to make parents breastfeed rather than formula feed. I am absolutely sure that some people are dickheads about this - every "health" cause…
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Christchurch anniversary
I can't really call it a "happy" anniversary, but two years ago today, in the small hours of the morning, Christchurch was hammered by the first and biggest (though not the most destructive) of the quakes. I happened to be in the city, where I…
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Open mike 04/09/2012
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Know when to run
Key has gone for a gamble again; but not the gamble some of the pundits were expecting. On the asset sales, he's chosen flight over fight, giving up on floating Mighty River Power this year and pushed the timetable back to the next window of…
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Bye bye workers’ rights
The government is pushing on with their Environmental Relations Act Amendment Bill, reducing workers' rights to rest breaks. According to employers they need the flexibility, but as unions point out "negotiate" with the boss means the boss gets to decide. This isn't an equal relationship.…