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The proponents of Public-Private Partnerships offer two justifications for the extra cost compared to normal government financing: 1) a mystical claim that the private sector will find efficiencies in a PPP that they wouldn't find if they were just contracted to build a project normally…
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I welcomed Amy Adams independent review of Chorus's financial claims in response to Chorus's sad song. Not something I should say in a left leaning site but it does show an increasing awareness from government of big business endeavours to manipulate NZ to their advantage.…
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So, a second judge has confirmed that John Banks will go to trial for alleged fraudulent electoral returns. NZ Herald reports: The case was taken over by Solicitor-General Michael Heron QC but the Act Party leader filed an urgent appeal to the High Court at…
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Chris Hipkins said in Parliament today that New Zealand's educational standards have dropped rather dramatically in data gathered recently. According to TV3: New Zealand has slipped in OECD education rankings, the Labour Party has revealed. In the House today, education spokesman Chris Hipkins said the…
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Tracey Whatshite, Cadet Reporter. As Greenpeace make a bid in the High Court to challenge the EPA’s decision to grant Anadarko permission to deep sea drill, we can reveal the content of secret documents detailing the contingency plan in the event of a major oil…
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The latest census data is being revealed, and there's a guide available to some of the main findings on Stuff and the NZ Herald's sites. The information is presented in pretty much the same format, indicating that both sites have mostly just re-published Stats NZ's…
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Cameron Slater simply isn't a journalists arsewipe. For him to claim the legal privileges, protections and authority that the journalistic profession holds within our political and economic community makes a travesty of the whole concept of a free and responsible press. Now I'm aware that…
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John Key set us a challenge on the referendum: get more an a million 'no' votes. That would mean more votes against asset sales than National won in 2011 (1,058,636 to be precise). So far, so good. The Electoral Commission has processed 805,204 votes. Doubling…
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There is a saying in the law profession that difficult cases make bad law. The basis for this is that the facts of a case may tug at the heart strings and determine that one result is the just one but if you approached the…
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On Thursday Vernon Small wrote on the Chch East by-election: "Anything above 53 per cent will look like a fine result for Labour, anything under 50 per cent a relative failure. If Doocey can attract 40 per cent of the vote National can be well-pleased.…
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