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How deep does it go? Steve Kilgallon, in today's Stuff, is reporting that evidence of wrong doing by Pokie trusts, presented to Internal Affairs mysteriously went missing. The article, perhaps necessarily because of lack of evidence, provides the most positive slant on the disappearance, putting…
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My regular Sunday piece of interesting, longer, deeper stories I found during the week. It’s also a chance for you to share what you found this week too. Those stimulating links you wanted to share, but just didn’t fit in anywhere (no linkwhoring). This week: the moral…
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Fran O’Sullivan is most usually a fan of John Key, except she can show how she thinks Judith Collins does it better. In today’s column, O'Sullivan argues that, Key's ministers are using dubious tactics in dealing with Rio Tinto over Tiwai Point: The problem is Key's Cabinet…
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In the current series of posts we're looking at the Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCCC) 2012 report "Child Poverty in New Zealand evidence for action". Continuing from last week... 1.4 The causes of child poverty We all know the causes of poverty - but…
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They have to be kidding. Some kind of early April 1st prank - right? Yeah that must be it: Income tax cut tipped as best bet Treasury and IRD say drop would boost economic welfare - increasing incentives to work, save and invest. Finance Minister…
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First they got down on their knees for a massive American movie studio and negotiated away oodles of taxpayer dollars and our employment law for movies that were always going to be made in New Zealand. Then they got all cosy with an Aussie casino…
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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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Nick Smith this morning on Nine to Noon, saying mining companies prospecting on Schedule 4 land weren't interested in mining there - when they say they are. And losing more than 10% of DoC staff won't affect the front line's capability or their ability to…
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National was elected on the promise to close the wage gap with Australia. It's getting bigger - which probably has something to do with why record numbers of Kiwis are crossing the ditch. New figures yesterday continue the trend: Income gap growing wide as the…
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With the cuts to DOC, the Crown Minerals (Permitting and Crown Land) Bill (currently before the House) and the permits allowing the exploration for minerals on Schedule 4 land, we see the stealthy NAct MO in action: it uses small steps in diverse areas, often embedded…
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I/S at No Right Turn with a full and frank assessment of The Speaker... David Carter must go Parliament has descended into a farce for the second day in a row, with two MPs thrown out for demanding that the Speaker enforce Standing Orders and…
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Apparently Meridian Energy are saying that there is unlikely to be a renewal of the Tiwai Point power contract. As the Herald says The bombshell disclosure has the capacity to upset the government's plans to partially privatise state-owned electricity company MightyRiverPower. Since Tiwai Point consumes about a…
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Prohibition. It has a long and noble history of totally working exactly as intended. So it's not at all telling when a group says "we need to ban X to save the people who are doing X!" Case in point: New Zealand First's latest bandwagon-jump,…
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John Key often lives in a different world than us - and not just in that he doesn't mix with the rabble. In his world the deputy auditor-general can tell a select committee that her report says that ministers were 'deficient' - but Key can…
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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. The Department of Conservation is to shed 140 jobs and reduce the number of conservancy regions, under plans announced today. The department has been under pressure for…
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At Massey Albany Campus tonight, 6pm (for 6.30 lecture), Professor Christoph Schumacher will look at the question "Should we be aiming for continual economic growth within a finite environment?" Quotes from Professor Schumacher: “The drive for greater growth and productivity is depleting our resources without satisfying…
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Yesterday, I watched a lot of the speeches, mainly by opposition MPs, in the committee stages (parts 1 and 2) of the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill. Green, Labour and NZ First MPs highlighted much of the evils of this piece of…
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Audrey Young and Simon Collins should get danger money for spinning this hard: Cities muffle Christchurch growth Auckland and Wellington are still dragging down New Zealand's job market, despite spectacular earthquake recovery-related growth in Christchurch. Auckland and Wellington are muffling growth and dragging down the…
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I've been reading the Law Commission report that proposes a News Media Standards Authority to - voluntarily - cover all news agencies, including blogs. It's a bit sad, really. It's clearly been written by a group of old white men with no real idea now…
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So, it looks like Paula Bennett doesn't hate all beneficiaries with the power of a thousand suns! After taking a close, careful look at a particular group of beneficiaries - those being paid to look after children of parents who are "incapable or unable to…
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Last night I went to a Green Party public meeting in West Auckland, on their Home for Life, Affordable Housing policy. The speakers were Metiria Turei, Holly Walker and Alan Johnson (of the Child Poverty Action Group and Salvation Army). It gave me a better understanding…
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I am at the Governing Body meeting of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva. The GB is the tripartite executive that governs the place. There are 33 union representatives on the GB and a fair few of them live in very dangerous circumstances because of…
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One of the consequences of the big banks being allowed to socialise their losses (have taxpayers pay for their bailouts) is the sovereign debt crisis that is messily unfolding in Europe. The latest hotspot is Cyprus. One of the EU proposals for dealing the debt…
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Key reacts to criticism of his appalling jobs record, which has 300,000 Kiwis jobless and 30,000 fewer people in work in the last year: "Throw criticism if you see things that we are not doing, but in terms of trying to stimulate jobs we've done…
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