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The Governments attack on workers pay seems even more nasty given the stats released this week that show wages stagnating as prices increase especially those prices that workers spend their money on - housing, power, food etc. But the changes to the ERA going through…
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Very early on in the Fonterra scandal there was speculation as to whether the cause of the contamination would be shown to be a product of deregulation. Sure enough, Stuff's Pattrick Smellie makes a good case: Is this a Pike River moment for food safety?…
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Yesterday John Key gave $30 Million of tax payer's money to Rio Tinto in order to prop up its electricity deal with Meridian - and thus to prop up his privatisation ideology. (I note in passing that Rio Tinto just posted a 6 monthly profit…
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Another good policy announcement from David Shearer: Labour pledges $6m for Plunket Labour would inject an extra $6 million into Plunket if elected, leader David Shearer announced today. Shearer called Plunket ''a national treasure'' that needed more money to build on its tradition of helping…
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John Key - financial speculator, gambler, spinmeister, PM as Brand Key - is a walking example of the economic and cultural shift that occurred with the 1980s "neoliberal revolution": The rise of Rogernomics, Thatcherism and Reganism was part of a shift away from the focus…
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John Key just spent another $30 Million of tax payer's money to prop up his privatisation ideology: Tiwai Pt power deal done - Meridian Meridian Energy has resolved its negotiations with Rio Tinto subsidiary New Zealand Aluminium Smelters locking in the Tiwai smelter until at…
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"He is completely and utterly wrong as per normal," Mr Key said. The PM responds to Winston Peters' allegations that the Police considered seizing his phone records in Key's teapot tape witch-hunt with his usual sophistication and class. Key's comments raise an important question: 'would…
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In an otherwise dull piece in The Herald recently, Bob Jones finished up with a typically blunt assessment of the impact of Labour and National governments on the economy: It's no secret the commercial property industry, numbering over 100,000 people in all of its ramifications,…
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http://youtu.be/a6ne08HW56g Hot on the heels of Peter Dunne's privacy problems another MP claims to have had an attempt made to breach his rights of privacy. As noted by Idiot Savant Winston Peters has made some startling claims in Parliament this afternoon. He asked the Prime…
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So the economic data is out and unemployment is up and wages are flat - the lowest rate of wage increase since 2010 (1.7%). 45% of employees didn't get a pay rise, and the gender pay gap is now up to 13.24%. Pacific unemployment increased…
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Last night the filibster of the Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill - Committee Stage - Part 1, delayed the passing of the Third reading until at least 20 August. Last night's speeches put the hypocrisy of John Key and Peter Dunne under…
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Yesterday Opposition parties filibustered, and successfully delayed the passage of the Key-Dunne spying Bill (linked article includes clips of some of the speeches). This buys more time to protest, and to put pressure on MPs. We have never before seen in New Zealand such a…
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The government selling off prime real estate to the governing party. It sounds like something out of a banana republic. But it's here. The National Party (via several fronts) has bought the former Prime Ministerial/ministerial residence at 41 Pipitea St from the Crown. Peters says…
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There's a Guardian-led campaign in the UK at the moment over "zero-hour contracts." Zero-hour contracts are like some at the Port of Auckland (and the port company want them all to be): no guaranteed hours, on-call at a moment's notice, no job security, but no…
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On friday I noted to myself that in our long tradition of marking comment milestones that I should write a post about a milestone in comments by the end of the weekend. So belatedly, here it is... Eddie predicted back in December 2012 with that we'd…
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We're living a lie in New Zealand. We tell ourselves and we tell the world that we're this amazingly environmentally conscious and sustainable country when, in fact, we've turned most of it into a giant farm, most of the rivers are unsafe to swim due…
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A timely press release from the Law Society. Here it is in full: GCSB Bill remains flawed despite proposed changes Proposed changes to the GCSB Bill represent minor improvements but do not address the fundamental flaws in the bill and the legislation should not proceed,…
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The Government Communications and Security Amendment Bill or to use its real name the Increased Spying and Hand Our Metadata over to the Americans Bill is the first bill in line to be debated today in Parliament according to today's order paper. As at the…
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The world has become a very strange place when NZ is getting lectured by China. Problem is, they aren't wrong. 100% Pure 'festering sore' - China news sites China's state-run news agency has delivered a sharp critique of New Zealand in the wake of Fonterra's…
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The evidence on why John Key and his government cannot be trusted with their spying power just keeps adding up. That power is used indiscriminately and inappropriately. Journalists spied on so far include Andrea Vance, Jon Stephenson, and now, so we learned in the weekend,…
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Rupert's at it again. The Murdoch media, notably the Australian, but also Sky News, were vicious in their pursuit of Gillard but it wasn't personal. Now they're after Rudd. And with Rudd as well, it isn't personal or even political, it's business as usual. Content…
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They came for the unions/workers, and the journalists didn't care,. They came for the poor, the sick, and the old, and the journalists didn't care. They came for the young, and the unemployed, and the journalists still supported them. The sold out our country, and…
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Last Wednesday, Campbell Live began a promised series of programmes over the coming month, each based around one Big Issue that impact on all new Zealanders. On Wednesday night, CL's 3 segments focused on different angles of the issue of public versus private transport, and…
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The information on which products are at risk from the Fonterra botulism scare has taken far too long to come out. Thanks 3 News for this list (so far): Several products have been recalled in New Zealand, including two of Nutricia's Karicare formulas. ... "None…
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As widely reported, Australia is off to the polls on Sept 7th. Rudd sets poll date as Labor support peaks Australia will go to the polls on September 7, ending weeks of speculation and narrowing polls since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's return to power in…