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A press release from the Greens today outlines a Bill that will increase the rights of renters. Green Party Bill puts renters’ rights on the agenda A Green Party Member’s Bill pulled from the ballot today will put renters’ rights firmly on the political agenda,…
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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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Immigration has been in the news recently for all sorts of reasons. Let's start with the Reserve Bank call last month: Housing crisis: Reserve Bank calls on Government to curb immigration The Reserve Bank has told the Government to review immigration policy in a bid…
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At 9am this morning: Reserve Bank cuts rates - down to 2pc The Reserve Bank has just the Official Cash Rate by 0.25 pc to a new record low of 2 per cent. Traders and economists tipped an interest rate cut as a foregone conclusion…
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Is this the great slowdown that we needed? Has the global economy decided to go a long-term course in mindfulness? It’s never recovered since the GFC almost a decade ago. For anyone who has savings in a bank, you will have noticed that global financial…
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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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Wow this sounds exciting! Revealed: Labour's plan to wipe student debt Excellent! Andrew Little has let slip a major policy initiative that would see a Labour government writing off student loan debt. Tell me more! The Labour leader has revealed it is considering wiping existing…
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Once again a whistleblower / leaker has done the world a service. Shame on Australia. The Guardian: The Nauru files: 2,000 leaked reports reveal scale of abuse of children in Australian offshore detention Exclusive: The largest cache of documents to be leaked from within Australia’s…
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The following is a Guest Post from Robert Guyton. Robert is a sustainability pioneer who along with his family grows the oldest food forest in NZ. A long time organic gardener, permaculturist and heritage orchardist, he's a columnist, a regional councillor for Environment Southland, and an early climate…
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Call it a verbal flourish or a slip of the tongue but yesterday in Parliament John Key showed that when he thinks of New Zealanders he does not include the homeless or those that rent. He said this in answer to a question posed by…
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Former Councillor Chris Parkin interviewed in Wellington's DomPost shared his ambitions - dining well, investing in property in central Wellington, and getting Porirua mayor Nick Leggett elected in Wellington, of all places. Word has it that large billboards for Leggett around the town have been…
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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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Lefties have been saying it since forever, but it's nice to have Hillary Clinton on record: “Trickle down economic does not help our economy grow, it does not help the vast majority of Americans, but it does really help the most wealthy... we’re going to…
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More good news for the political left in the fine print of yesterday's Newshub-Reid Research poll: Labour's KiwiBuild popular with voters Labour's policy of building 100,000 affordable homes over 10 years for first-home buyers is supported by a clear majority of voters. The latest Newshub-Reid…
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' Its been a wee while since the abridged list of John Key's lies was updated, so here it is. There is one, probably contentious item on the list concerning whether or not John Key knew about the brewing trade squabble with China regarding the…
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Some employers would have you believe that they can't afford wage increases: Employers refuse to give pay rises because they 'can't afford them' Employers are rejecting calls for higher wages, saying they can't afford to pay them. But unions argue higher wages will not just…
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After the Roy Morgan rogue, normal service has been resumed. The alliance between Labour and the Greens continues to gain traction and the third term blues have clearly set in for DunnoKeyo. The Newshub-Reid Research poll has the Nats on 45.1 percent, a drop of…
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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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From Radio NZ: Labour MP for Hauraki Waikato Nanaia Mahuta will return to Parliament tomorrow wearing a moko kauae - a traditional tattoo on her chin. She will be the first woman MP to wear the moko in Parliament, which has been on recess. Ms…
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I/S at No Right Turn writes... Calling bullshit on "P-contamination" For the past year, Housing New Zealand has been using bogus tests for methamphetamine residue to evict people from state houses. They know the tests are bogus, with a huge false-positive rate, and yet they…
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Power and privilege in the modern capitalist society is primarily dictated by your access to, and ability to generate a return on, financial capital. In the present delusional economic system, amassing significant liquid, financial capital gives you serious options in life. It gives you authority…
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The Nats are all over the place at the moment. Govt rushed $1b infrastructure fund, Labour claims - The Government's flagship $1 billion housing infrastructure fund was devised in just a month, according to official statements given to the Labour Party by ministers. The policy…
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This recent piece by economist Joseph Stiglitz is an important and interesting read: Globalization and its New Discontents Fifteen years ago, I wrote a little book, entitled Globalization and its Discontents, describing growing opposition in the developing world to globalizing reforms. It seemed a mystery:…
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Rodney Hide must be sleeping well, because Auckland’s proposed Unitary Plan will deliver all he and his NACT patrons ever hoped for. For decades, the Auckland Region has been a motley collection of badly led and bickering councils that have allowed strategy and development at…
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Posted on Slashdot today: An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Twenty-five years ago, the first public website went live. It was a helpful guide to this new thing called the World Wide Web. The minimalist design featured black text with blue links on…