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Daily Review 08/04/2016
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A Song from John (All your questions answered)
Performance by an English three piece, covers band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbLGG5UGEKw
benefits capitalism class war debt / deficit john key national national/act government tax
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Brownlee is dragging Canterbury down
Top work Gerry, top work - Christchurch rebuild gets worst rating from Treasury A second fail grade for Gerry Brownlee on the Christchurch central city rebuild has Labour renewing calls for him to step aside. Treasury has given the project the worst possible rating, which…
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Which National Party muppet appointed Peter Boshier to be Chief Ombudsman?
One of the few things the Nats normally excel at, is selecting a suitably unqualified flunkey to ensure an office they have no regard for is suitably undermined – witness the Race Relations Commissioner. Why then Boshier, whose only previous was an eight year stretch…
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TPPA review time slashed
Remember John Key promising that the TPPA would be subject to full parliamentary scrutiny? Well National has moved to slash the time the select committee has to consider and report on submissions presented by New Zealanders on the treaty. From Radio New Zealand: MPs have…
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Shameful tactics on beneficiaries
Why does it take a volunteer organisation like Auckland Action Against Poverty to help people get the benefits that they are entitled to? Yesterday: Beneficiaries line up for help A crew of more than 100 volunteers are helping people access the benefits they're entitled to…
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Panama vows action – NZ closes its eyes
Essential reading on the tax haven scandal, Dita DeBoni: NZ needs to get out of the cycle of corrupt money ... The current Government does not understand, or simply rejects, the idea that housing the wealth of the global elite is an immoral activity. It…
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Open mike 08/04/2016
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Daily Review 07/04/2016
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A cartoon for Planet Key
Which does NZ welcome with open arms? Times cartoonist Morten Morland nails Planet Key: https://twitter.com/mortenmorland/status/717283212007964672
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Kiwibank sale to NZ Super, ACC privatisation by stealth
Whatever NZ Post chair Michael Cullen, or the Government, says about the partial sale of Kiwibank to the “Cullen Fund” and ACC, it is privatisation by stealth. NZ Super by definition is a terminating fund, set up to ease the financial burden of pension payments…
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What should Auckland Council do about begging
A couple of Mayoral candidates on the right of politics have recently proposed that Councils should take punitive steps to stop begging. In Auckland Mark Thomas wants a tougher bylaw to end street begging for good although he admits that the problem is complex and…
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Panama tax rort stirs world leaders but not Key
Contrast John Key’s response to revelations in the “Panama Papers” tax evasion scandal to that of most leaders and you understand where the prime minister and National stand on tax and a fair society. Key’s response was to state that New Zealand has a “robust,…
business capitalism Economy Globalisation International john key Minister for International Embarrassment national national/act government Politics same old national tax
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Obama calls for international tax reform – what will Key do now?
John Key's evasions on our country's role as an international tax haven have been truly shameful, his usual mixture of outright lies, half-truths and evasions. Yesterday Vernon Small took him apart in this strongly worded piece: Panama Papers: New Zealand's trusted reputation demands changes to…
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Open mike 07/04/2016
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Daily Review 06/04/2016
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Kiwibank partial sell-off
This morning Michael Cullen announced plans to sell 45% of Kiwibank: NZ Post looks to sell 45% of Kiwibank New Zealand Post plans to sell 45 percent of Kiwibank's holding company to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and Super Fund, chairman Michael Cullen has announced.…
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Who is buying Canterbury water?
Key says that no one owns water, but that's just semantic games, because "water rights" can certainly be sold. Earlier this week - For sale: 40 billion litres of Canterbury's purest water A council in the drought-prone Canterbury plains is selling the right to extract…
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What could be causing the ‘crisis of distrust’ in government?
In the news yesterday: NZ is facing a 'crisis of distrust' with faith in MPs plummeting - new study Public trust in New Zealand's politicians has plummeted over the past three years with Kiwis particularly concerned by funding of political parties, a study has found.…
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Nicky Hager opens new case against police
I'm sure Hager's team won't mind us reproducing this press release in full. It sounds like the Police have a lot of questions to answer. Nicky Hager files further proceedings against the Police Nicky Hager has filed further proceedings in the High Court against the…
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Open mike 06/04/2016
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Daily Review 05/04/2016
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WTF ONE News?
I know we whine on a lot here about the appalling state of the media in NZ, but does it get any worse than this? Seriously ONE "News" - what the fuck? https://twitter.com/ONENewsNZ/status/717201622380765184
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Andrew Little on the Panama Papers: NZ is a soft touch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVU7PYn6Af8&feature=youtu.be
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Go Helen!
Great news that Helen Clark is putting her name forward for the very important post of Secretary-General of the United Nations. She has been a courageous champion for peace - perhaps the most important priority for the world today. Great that she gave her first…
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John Key’s response to the Panama Papers leak
You can bet that deep in the bowels of National Party HQ the research unit and the party's pollster are urgently trying to work out what lines they should use concerning the Panama Papers leak. An urgent call may have been put into Crosby Textor…
Globalisation International john key national Politics same old national slippery tax
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Deborah Russell: What’s going on with foreign trusts?
Trusts are weird beasts. They seem to have originated during the crusades: a death-and-mayhem-seeking-pilgrim would head off to the Holy Land, but in order to protect himself and his wife and his children and his property, he would hand over the "use" of his property…
Abuse of power International john key national national/act government Politics same old national slippery tax
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Panama Papers: NZ is a tax haven
The tax collectors go after you and me, and paperboys, and weekend cashies. They aren't nearly as interested in the $2bn cost of illegal tax avoidance (part of the total up to $9.4bn of "economic crime"). And they certainly aren't interested in the offshore accounts…
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Open mike 05/04/2016
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Daily Review 04/04/2016
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