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Stuff this morning is reporting on the UNICEF Report "Children of the Recession - the great leap backward" (PDF). The report compares changes in child poverty levels and related measures throughout the developed world. New Zealand's overall performance was tepid, 16th best out of 41…
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Giovanni Tiso is the author of the blog Bat Bean Beam, and a tireless leftie activist on Twitter. Last week he tweeted: https://twitter.com/gtiso/status/525425275065339905 On Monday he followed up with a post on his blog - here are some extracts: Dirty journalism ... Cameron Slater posted…
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While shepherding through horrendous housing changes and removing workers' rights - and hiding from Dirty Politics - John Key needs a big "look over there!" As Colin James puts it he's talking about increasing security (ISIS) while decreasing security (of employment). One of these is…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike…
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Radio NZ has a post up "Tribunal hears blogger privacy case". It is about the prosecution of Cameron Slater being sued4 under the Privacy Act for breaching Matthew Blomfields privacy. Simon Judd, the lawyer for the Director of Human Rights, said Mr Slater had published 46…
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Reposted from No Right Turn here and here for the two posts respectively. Back in August, National announced they were handing a $284 million contract to build a new convention centre in Christchurch to a consortium which included the Speaker's brother. From the outside, it…
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Rod Emmerson in The Herald today...
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All four of Labour's leadership candidates either have, or will (watch for announcements) be taking place in Q&A sessions here on The Standard. They have also done so on Stuff. It's a great level of accessibility and interaction with we the people, and it's much…
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In its first term, National was very careful to be incremental - Key hung to the middle, chipping away carefully at workers' rights without doing anything dramatic. Having gained the public's trust by continuing (outside the House) to be a clown they'd like to have…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike…
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All things being equal, there really is only one sensible choice to make over who should be Labour’s next leader. When I say ‘all things being equal’, I’m suggesting that if you believe all four contenders have similar levels of ability and attitude, then the…
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Labour hopes to collect signatures for this petition over Labour Weekend... Workers' rights, including the right to tea breaks, are under attack from National. Labour has a petition to save our tea breaks: The Government's currently trying to rush through a law to stop workers…
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Hope y'all are having a great long weekend! We all enjoy the holiday, but where does Labour Day come from? For reasons that will become apparent, it's timely to repeat most of what I posted four years ago on the subject. Labour Day celebrates the…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE17NtU2Q20&list=UUguaHT8fnycbWnUZFZbwfCw Video and speech from the Palmerston North meet the candidates meeting Tēnā koutou katoa. Good evening everybody. My name is Andrew Little and I want to begin first of all by thanking you all. This has been a pretty tough year, for us a hard…
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This is a continuation of my first article about work flexibility and rest and meal breaks. To recap in the earlier piece, it was established that employers will no longer be legally obliged to provide prescribed rest and meal breaks and a reasonable test was…
employment law national same old national Unions workers' rights
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Meant to post this last week - I/S at No Right Turn. (See also this account on Stuff and a Greenpeace blog on this.) National lets Shell drill illegally Back in 2012, National passed the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act. At the…
accountability business Conservation energy International law
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We have 4 great Leftie contenders, who all want to take Aotearoa where we want it to go. Whomever wins, I'll back them to the hilt. But I have a vote and a voice, and I'm backing Grant Robertson - here's why. The main reasons I'm…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike…
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Also Fran O'Sullivan and The Herald editorial call him out on his lack of accountability. This cannot stand - Helen Clark may have 'worn many hats' but she never took her PM-accountability one off.
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This invitation's gone out to Labour members in Auckland earlier today. Are you free for a coffee and a yarn with Labour leadership candidate Andrew Little this Monday? He'll be at the Servo Cafe in Te Atatu from 2:30 for an informal get-together to share his vision for…
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I've read a couple of thought-provoking accounts of poverty lately. The first was a powerful and articulate first-hand piece by Linda Tirado. Her post to a forum went viral, she has since written a book. The original post (and extracts from the book) appeared in…
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Labour's petition against National's attack on Kiwi's rights including the right to a break at work is growing like topsy with over 22,000 people signing up to it in the last day and a half. Labour spokesperson Andrew Little told TVNZ: "The Bill fundamentally changes the…
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Open mike is your post. The Standard is not a conspiracy – just a welcome outlet for the expression of views. Leaders that command respect will not be undermined by this. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike…
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Reposted from No Right Turn A government-owned television channel arranges an interview with a former opposition MP, but the government-appointed CEO spikes it. Something from Russia or Cuba maybe? No - according to Hone Harawira its happening right here in New Zealand: “[Maori TV CEO…
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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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If you are looking for something to do on Labour Day the Mangere Labour Electorate Committee is holding a remembrance event at Waikaraka Cemetery in Onehunga, Auckland. Within a couple of hundred metres of each other are graves of people who in their own distinct…
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Key has so much dirt to try and dodge that his playing slippery has reached a whole new plane. Depending on the political needs of the moment Key may or may not be: Prime Minister The Prime Minister's Office Leader of the National Party A…
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Voting papers for the Labour Party leadership election have gone out, and I know a lot of people have already voted. Still, I think it’s worth placing on record why I’m backing Nanaia Mahuta. I know Nanaia reasonably well, having worked with her at a…
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The police are taking legal action against Nicky Hager: Police taking Hager to court over docs The police searched Mr Hager's home earlier this month looking for the source material for his book, Dirty Politics, which alleges underhand activity by National Party politicians. ... However,…