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Tuwhera mike 24/07/2014
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What does Westpac want to hide?
The Silveroaks v Westpac test case on mis-selling of interest rate swaps in 2008 is going under cover after a judge last week granted Wespac's request to "prevent public access to the court file, attendance at hearings and any reporting of interlocutory decisions." (DomPost story…
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What will David Cunliffe be accused of next?
Like many of you I am struggling to imagine what David Cunliffe will be accused of next because so many of the current allegations are, well, a little bit naff. So I asked some Facebook friends to suggest what allegations will be made next about…
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Government Inquiries – Not Throwing Light But Closing Down Debate
As a young MP in the British House of Commons in the late 1970s, I rapidly became aware that half the political stories in Fleet Street originated with the Press Association’s indefatigable political correspondent, Chris Moncrieff. I was regularly button-holed by Chris as I crossed…
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Caption competition
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Russian blameshift backfire
Today's DomPost carries a story (not on Stuff but reprinted from the Sydney Morning Herald) showing Russian Air Force officers claiming that a Ukrainian fighter was close to Malaysian MF17. It was described as a "SU-25 fighter jet, which is typically equipped with air-to-air missiles."…
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Public broadcasting: an election issue
It has become very clear in the run up to this year's election that we need better broadcasting and news media coverage of politics. The Campaign for Better Broadcasting has organised a series of public debates (with MPs from various parties) throughout Aoteatora, beginning this Friday…
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Just say sorry John
Unfortunately for the Government the Tania Billingsley story refuses to go away. As people will be aware she is the young woman who is the complainant in the Malaysian diplomat assault with intent to rape case. She bravely requested for suppression of her identity to…
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Tuwhera mike 23/07/2014
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Something amazing has happened to the Labour Party
"The amazing occurrence is the sustained achievement of party unity, not just for a season or a year but for an entire parliamentary term." In Britain. This follows British Labour's National Policy Forum which was also addressed by Tony Blair. Ok it was written for…
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Exchange rate hikes killing NZ industry and jobs
Bank-paid economists are predicting the Reserve Bank will again raise benchmark interest rates on Thursday. This may be good for the banks and the currency markets but it is bad news for New Zealand farming exporters and for high-end manufacturing jobs. Our interest rates are…
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Claudette Hauiti is gone
National list MP and Kelston candidate Claudette has announced that she is resigning from politics. In a tersely worded press release she has confirmed that she will not stand again and that she will not make any further statement. This morning as I drove around West…
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Polity: Taxing multinationals via sales
Reposted from Polity. An interesting idea out of the US for how to fairly tax multinationals around the world: First, have them declare a worldwide profit, netting off worldwide sales and worldwide qualifying expenses1 Second, find out where they made their sales. Third, apportion the profit to…
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Kick-starting Regional Development
David Cunliffe has announced Labour's Regional Development policy today. Labour will work in partnership with regions and put $200 million into a Regional Growth Fund fund to resource regional projects that will create jobs and drive local initiative. David Cunliffe said in his speech to…
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NRT: A circus of self-mutilation
Reposted from No Right Turn. The political weekend: the Greens announce serious, sensible, and popular policy, Internet-Mana packs out another public meeting, andLabour's self-mutilation continues: However, Labour MPS are disgusted by Cunliffe's skiing holiday just two months before the election and will question his work ethic at…
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Polity: Poll of polls update
Reposted from Polity. The poll of polls is up to date, including all four of this week’s snapshots. As readers know, I don't like to sugarcoat this stuff, so to start with the obvious: The picture ain’t pretty if you want positive change in New…
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Open mike 22/07/2014
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Herald says weird things about Cunliffe and Labour Clutha Southland candidate
The Herald's use of sub headings needs a real rethink. It ran a Cameron Slater sourced smear this morning and talked about Cunliffe meeting a prominent New Zealander who had been given name suppression on charges of performing an indecent act. The juxtaposition of the photo to the…
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Growing Inequality Can Be Seen As Clever Politics
Voter turnout has been falling steadily across the western world in recent decades, and not least in New Zealand. We have a proud record of high turnouts in general elections, but even here, we dipped below 80% in 2008 and fell further to a post-war…
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Campaigning Avondale Market style
On Sunday mornings a group of dedicated activists and I attend Avondale Market in Auckland. We hand out material, give Labour balloons to kids and talk politics to anyone who wants to. We ask if people are on the electoral roll and fill out forms…
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Open mike 21/07/2014
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Conservative idiots
The Conservatives have made a complete cockup of their "bottom line" for making a deal with National about going into government. They want to make referendums legally binding on the government. It is something that no rational government in NZ would agree with because it…
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NZ First conference – Sunday.
I keep walking into the "In Committee" sections of the conference. As a amateur "journalist", I'm really going to have to start working on that. Listening to a quite good speech by a 17 year old from Dunedin (must find out his name - Kobe?).…
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Collective renewal
With Labour, there has been a particular topic on my mind for some time. How to get renewal inside the caucus. Over the last 6 years at The Standard we have had this horrible task of dealing with stupid "leaks" from unnamed sources in the party.…
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Work life balance
So David Cunliffe is now being criticized for having a short break with his family during the school holidays. David is somewhat unusual for a politician. He is happily married to Karen who he has been with for decades and has two sons. His family…
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Open mike 20/07/2014
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Re-writing 2nd Wave Women’s Movement: Pat Rosier – h/t Hand Mirror
There's a must read post up on the Hand Mirror, acknowledging the passing of a woman who played a significant role in the NZ 2nd wave Women's Movement: Pat Rosier. I wasn't in NZ during the crucial period of the late 70s and the 80s,…
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NZ First conference – Saturday.
At the Alexandra Park racecourse for the NZ First conference. Just listened to Paddy Gower in his interview with Winston Peters. The interesting bit was the questioning about Winston standing in East Coast Bays if Steven Joyce/John Key make a deal with the conservatives and…
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Polity: Poor pay more tax than rich in UK
Reposted from Polity. The Guardian has a good account of recent British research into tax. According to survey research, most people believe that the rich pay a higher proportion of their income in tax than the poor. The British public collectively estimates the poor pay…
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Open mike 19/07/2014
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