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Daily Review 31/03/2016
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Double the quota
Good to see Labour on board with this Labour announces policy to double New Zealand's refugee quota The Labour Party would double New Zealand's refugee quota to 1500. Currently the number of refugees allowed into the country is 750. A petition from 20,000 New Zealanders…
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Time for progress on drug law
Drugs are in the news: Medical experts call for global drug decriminalisation International commission urges complete reversal of repressive drug policies imposed by most governments An international commission of medical experts is calling for global drug decriminalisation, arguing that current policies lead to violence, deaths…
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Flogging off Kiwibank
I suppose it was about time for this old chestnut to roll around again: Liam Dann: Time to sell Kiwibank and NZ Post The time has come to split Kiwibank from its parent NZ Post and sell them both. No it hasn't. Kiwibank was launched…
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The sock puppets, the media and the UBI
I wrote about this issue a couple of days ago and set out my reasons why I thought the idea deserved if not demanded debate and why the existing spin on the issue was unwarranted and counterproductive. There have been two further contributions to the…
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Open mike 31/03/2016
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Daily Review 30/03/2016
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Pure spin vs. pure water
Bravo to those who are highlighting the issue of the state of our water: Emotions run high on Parliament steps over freshwater standards There were tears, there were chants, and a challenge was laid down to the Government. A host of students marched on the…
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Postcard from the “brighter” future
In the news today: Hunger hits middle-class students too School staff are dipping into their own pockets to feed teenagers at a middle-class Auckland college, as growing numbers of students turn up hungry. The situation echoes survey findings from last year pointing to growing poverty…
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Angry politics
A couple of cases of insults or threats directed at MPs have been highlighted in the media recently. Obviously personal insults are out of line, and threats are abhorrent. Such nastiness has surrounded politics forever, and the political right perfected the art during the Clark…
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Up the republic!
This makes me angry - Bill English: Flag vote shows republic a ways off New Zealand's vote against changing the flag shows that a potential shift to a republic is a long way off Not it doesn't you fool. The flag referendum showed that the…
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Open mike 30/03/2016
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Job cuts and the future of work
A good editorial today: It is time to think about the future of work British academic and writer Guy Standing coined a word we are guaranteed to hear more and more over the coming years and decades. The word is "precariat", which describes the notion…
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Guy Standing: Rentier Capitalism and the Precariat – Christchurch 30 March
Guy Standing will speak on this subject in Christchurch on Wednesday evening at 6pm at the Fern Room, the Atrium, 455 Hagley Avenue. More detail here from his presentation in Denmark. Please register here if you would like to attend.
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Global elite plan their escape from “pleb masses”
As the global elite and their operational enablers - the highly educated, well rewarded professional classes in banking, finance, corporate M&A, etc. - systematically destroy savers, the middle class, and youth employment, they are (slowly) realising that they are not immune from the resulting political…
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Will the Republicans have the courage of their gun convictions?
The Republican National Convention is in Ohio this July. Ohio has an "open carry" law, guns can be carried in public. The particular venue, the Quicken Loans Arena, does not allow guns. Change.org has the following petition... RECOGNIZE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO OPEN CARRY FIREARMS AT…
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A quick question (again)
No doubt the Nats and their devoted fans will regard this as a measure of success: More than 2400 benefits suspended since 2013 A tough new policy that chops off welfare benefits for people with outstanding arrest warrants has netted more than 2400 cases since…
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Key wants to turn New Zealand into a haven for the 1%
There was an interesting article by Fran O'Sullivan in last weekend's Herald about John Key's ambitions for New Zealand. O'Sullivan may not be liked by some lefties but she writes perceptively and provides insight into National Party thinking that no other journalist does. The headline…
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Open mike 29/03/2016
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Lahore bombing
A horrific bombing in Lahore: Pakistan explosion leaves many dead at Lahore park At least 69 people have been killed and scores injured in an explosion at a public park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, officials say. The park was crowded with families,…
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Audrey Young trashed in her own comments section
Audrey Young wrote a piece on Key's glorious defeat in the flag referendum, and how it was all Labour's fault. Nothing unusual in that of course. What was unusual was how strongly she got called out in the comments. On the front page - Unfortunately…
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Easter Monday Round Up
A quick look at three news items from the holiday weekend: First up, actor and sponsor of the TriBeCa film festival, Robert De Niro, has been duped by a dodgy documentary. Late last week he announced that he had forced the organisers of the film…
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Tough couple of weeks for Key
The last two weeks have been pretty tough for Key. Nicky Hager was vindicated: Yesterday, the New Zealand Police informed Nicky Hager through their counsel that they are electing not to appeal the decision of the High Court given in December last year. That decision…
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Open mike 28/03/2016
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Big wins for Bernie
To the eternal annoyance of the establishment Democrats, Bernie Sanders is still winning primaries. Sanders crushes Clinton in Alaska and Washington Democratic caucuses Sanders: 'We have a path towards victory' after big wins in Alaska and Washington caucuses https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/713856176241311744 https://twitter.com/the_intercept/status/713724083435872256
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Bunnings has no heart
An automatic entry to the WTF file. Bunnings has made a recent decision which makes you question all decisions that it may have made. The background is that a few years ago a Dunedin worker at the local Bunnings shop suffered a heart attack at…
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Easter Sunday
Timely message from The Greens: https://twitter.com/NZGreens/status/713827398483968001
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Hickey on the UBI
Bernard Hickey makes some excellent points on the Unconditional Basic Income / Guaranteed Minimum Income: Key fickle on minimum wages It may be a little early to be fighting an election over, but the idea of a Guaranteed Minimum Income deserves a lot more thought…
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Open mike 27/03/2016
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Aussies may be bastards, but they believe in themselves.
Here in Ballarat, Victoria we are having a mini-boom in manufacturing. Yes you read that right. We're having trouble retaining good people because of the demand. Yes you read that right. This is because Ballarat has actively invested in providing core capacities like: We were…