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Labour supports Plunket
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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“The problem gambler”: Key & SkyCity
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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Another $30 Million to prop up Meridian sale
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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Key rules out Peters?
"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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Bob Jones – National vs Labour on the economy
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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Open mike 08/08/2013
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Have Winston’s rights of privacy been breached?
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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Still waiting for that recovery…
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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Support for off shore speculator ban
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Hypocrisy in the House: GCSB Bill
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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Chorus of opposition to Key-Dunne spying Bill continues
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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Dodgy as hell
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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UK: Zero Hour Contracts
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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600,000 Comments
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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World smells 100% pure bullshit
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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Open mike 07/08/2013
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Law Society – GCSB Bill still flawed
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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GCSB Bill to be debated today
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 view from China
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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Spying on another journalist – what did Key have to hide?
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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Open mike 06/08/2013
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Murdoch’s knives out in Oz election
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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Schadenfreude
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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“The Big Issue”: councils & transport
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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Botulism scare products
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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Australia to the polls
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…
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The brighter future
Welcome to John Key's "Brighter Future". Here are some headlines: Violation speaks ill of our democracy ...It also speaks of something very sick and rotten at the heart of the country's democracy. ... Time to get a grip on politics for our own good ...Strip…
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Open mike 05/08/2013
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On converting .pst, government style
Were David Henry and his staff the right people to pursue an inquiry? After all it appears that they were incapable of opening a Outlook .pst (personal storage table) file because it wasn't in a format that another email system - groupwise. And this appears…
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