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Open mike 14/04/2016
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Daily Review 13/04/2016
Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Kiwi workers are pretty damned hopeless – says Bill English
National are now so convinced of their invulnerability that they have taken to actively insulting us - Kiwi workers 'hopeless' - English "Pretty damned hopeless." That's the Finance Minister's description of some Kiwi workers he made to a Federated Farmers meeting -- and he's standing…
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Another Nick Smith fail in Auckland
Hot on the heels of the Gerry Brownlee fail in Christchurch, your government brings you another Nick Smith fail in Auckland - Housing Minister Nick Smith falls short on Crown land promise Housing Minister Nick Smith has so far only managed to secure 25ha of…
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The Divide (Spirit Level – The Movie)
Wonder what kind of screening this will get in NZ. From The Guardian: ‘Why aren’t we earning enough to live?’ – how The Divide lays bare global inequality The documentary film reveals the toxic social divisions caused by low pay for US and UK workers…
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Can we trust John Key?
John Key has had some terribly bad luck recently. First Fran O'Sullivan spilt the beans and told us that Key had this super plan to make New Zealand a bolt hole for the 1%. The article was posted two weeks ago. I mentioned it in…
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How much do you give John?
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Open mike 13/04/2016
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Daily Review 12/04/2016
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Key’s deposit with company specialising in foreign trusts
As per Stuff and The Herald (nice work Claire Trevett): Prime Minister John Key declares deposit in company specialising in foreign trusts Prime Minister John Key has declared a short-term deposit in a trustee company which specialises in foreign trusts and provides legal services for…
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Tacks evasion
No, not our line, John Key Must Go on Twitter.
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Whitewash a certainty in tax haven review
John Key’s solution to the exposure of his ludicrous claims that New Zealand has full disclosure on foreign trusts nor is tax haven, is to appoint an expert in tax avoidance as the so-called “independent expert” to review the laws. As fallout from the “Panama…
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Off-shore Trusts (a simple solution)
Let them have them. Let any company or individual who wants to avoid paying tax, and so effectively leave society, go ahead and set up their convoluted off –shore pieces of nonsense. But debar any legal firm involved in the consultation for such work from…
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Return of the living dead
Just when you thought it was safe to turn off the lights ... There is a crisis brewing in Aotearoa New Zealand. Allegedly a group wants to have exclusive rights to water and this will affect the rest of us. Not this company that has a sweetheart…
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PM forced to release his tax details
Fallout from the Panama Papers has forced the PM to bow to sustained public pressure. After a series of denials and evasions he has released some of his tax details. Not our PM - the UK's David Cameron: Epoch-changing attitudes to wealth and tax are…
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Open mike 12/04/2016
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Daily Review 11/04/2016
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Netflix tax – another one for you peasants
Remember when Key used to say that National wouldn't introduce new taxes? That National was a party to remove taxes, not create them? That's not going so well - At least 15 new taxes under National. National's base have been strangely silent on this. And…
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Caption Competition
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Key changed the law to extend NZ as a tax haven
Slightly Updated in response to a useful discussion with Nadis in comments - the original version of this post was too strongly worded. The definition is pretty simple: "A tax haven is a state, country, or territory where, on a national level, certain taxes are…
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Open mike 11/04/2016
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Clayton Cosgrove to Leave Parliament
Long serving Labour Party MP Clayton Cosgrove is leaving Parliament. It's unclear whether that means seeing the term out, or whether he will resign, allowing a new list MP to join caucus, but he has announced he will not fight the next election. I liked…
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A Design for Living; Guest Post
A member of Young Labour, TheSocialDemocrat, has suggested this manifesto as a starting point for defining the debate in the post neo-liberal era. There's much that's very, very good in it and it draws on the policy platforms of all the opposition parties while adding…
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Kiwis to be implicated by Panama papers
Yesterday The Nation interviewed the Centre for Public Integrity's Peter Bale about the Panama Papers. The full video is here. A summary is here: 'Strong NZ connection' to Panama Papers A Kiwi journalist at the heart of a huge leak of documents from a Panama-based…
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Open mike 10/04/2016
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Justin Lester: begging is a social issue, not a crime
The Auckland local government race isn't the only one where begging is becoming a top issue. Here's what Labour candidate for Wellington City mayor Justin Lester had to say about it on Facebook this week. On Friday the National Business Review asked me and all…
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Simplicity
At first blush the basic, and perhaps only, criticism I'd make of the nightly gatherings taking place across France are the same I had of 'Occupy'- having gatherings where one person is given the ability to talk to (at) hundreds of others, is inimical to…
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Key attends secret lunch to raise cash for flag change campaign
David Fisher in the Herald has reported that John Key attended a private luncheon set up to raise funds for the pro flag change campaign. Given events this week the timing and optics are shall we say not ideal for the Government. And the story for…
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One of these things is not like the others XIII
One of these things is not like the other, One of these things is not quite the same. Can you guess which one is not like the other, Can you tell me before I finish the game?
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Open mike 09/04/2016
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