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Labour has announced its policy on eliminating violence against women and children. From David Cunliffe's press release: Labour will take decisive and far-reaching action to address violence against women and children, says Labour Leader David Cunliffe. “On average 35 New Zealanders are killed by a…
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In days gone by the concept of Ministerial Responsibility would mean that any significant failing by a Department would see the responsible Minister take the blame for what happened. Following the Malaysian diplomat incident it appears to have been replaced by a substitute concept, that not…
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Reposted from No Right Turn. Today the government announced the final version of its national standards for freshwater. They're trying desperately to pretend that these will improve water quality, but nothing could be further from the truth. The standards have been panned by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment,…
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A young woman was attacked in her own home by a Malaysian diplomat. He attempted to rape her. Despite Malaysia being prepared to have the diplomat tried in New Zealand the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade suggest that Malaysia may use diplomatic immunity and…
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Reposted from No Right Turn. NewstalkZB reports on the woeful state of police enforcement of our electoral laws: The Electoral Commission is saying nothing about apparent police inaction on breaches of the electoral law. Information provided by the Commission reveals that since the beginning of 2011 there…
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The story about the Malaysian diplomat who relied on diplomatic immunity to avoid New Zealand's justice system grinds on. And the longer it grinds on the worse it gets for the Government. There seems to be a divergence of views between the New Zealand Government and the Malaysian Government…
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In its handling of the case of the Malaysian Diplomat accused of attempted rape in NZ, the government has marginalised the concerns and sensitivities of the victim. Their own arse covering was given a higher priority. Jan Logie argued that this indicated the government was reinforcing rape culture…
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Reposted from Labour's website. Speech by Hon Phil Goff MP, Labour Trade Spokesperson, Victoria University, 2 July 2014 The Central Committee of China’s Communist Party’s decisions at a Plenary meeting would, two decades ago, have been of limited interest to New Zealand. The situation today…
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Reposted from No Right Turn. Yesterday SSC released its Performance Improvement Framework Report for the New Zealand Intelligence Community (SIS, GCSB, NAB, and bits of DPMC). The short version? Our spies are completely dysfunctional: A dismal picture of New Zealand's intelligence services has been painted in an official…
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When I was little, I went to a very well-to-do decile 10 public primary school. The kind of place situated in a neighbourhood full of private schools and a little bit insecure about it. So we did our best to fit it, with assemblies every Friday…
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Reposted from Polity. When I first saw DPF quote some anonymous correspondent talking about voter turnout, I thought he was having everyone on. But over the weekend John Key was quoting this exact same research as a justification for why National need to Get Out The Vote…
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Reposted from Polity. Here's your New Zealand Herald opining on policies that Labour should announce this weekend: The Labour Party holds its pre-election conference this weekend. It has every chance of producing a policy that might give its supporters a sense of direction. Labour already has announced…
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Reposted from No Right Turn. The Office of the Ombudsman issued its Statement of Intent yesterday, setting out what they plan to do over the next five years. we've been hearing a lot recently about how the office is failing to deal with the deluge of complaints…
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Last night the GlobalDairyTrade auction gave more prices drops. Stuff reports Dairy prices have resumed their slide, falling 4.9 per cent at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction overnight. The drop, the second-biggest of the year after an 8.9 per cent plunge at the April 1 auction, was…
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This morning in the Herald John Key claimed that New Zealand had demanded the waiving of diplomatic privilege for the Malaysian diplomat charged with breaking and entering and assault with intent to commit sexual violation. From the article: A diplomat who escaped prosecution for sexual assault in…
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A guest post from Rachel Jones, who is number 25 of Labour's list as well as the Labour candidate for the Tauranga seat. Last Monday was a bit surreal. I was in a shop when I heard Duncan Garner asking on the radio “Who is…
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Politics is a funny thing. The most earnest and well constructed of policies by an opposition party are often ignored. Then someone makes a joke or a gaffe or gets caught out in some sort of personal scandal and then main stream and social media…
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Reposted from Polity. Here's Michael Fox at Stuff on the new Motu bridge in Gisborne: The Government has almost finished a $100,000 project to strengthen a bridge it will now tear down and replace as part of its new roading package. Prime Minister John Key unveiled…
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