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Daily Review 25/11/2016
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Three strikes – seven years – for bottom pinching
Here's Key describing the Nats' "three strikes" law back in 2010 - Govt announces three-strikes policy Repeat violent criminals could get a maximum sentence with no parole under the Government's three-strike policy announced today. "I'm taking about those people who consistently pose a very real…
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Mana and Māori Party ‘unification’?
Via RNZ: Mana Party and Māori Party to talk 'unification' The Māori Party executive will meet Mana Party Leader Hone Harawira, after the two parties put their differences behind them in July. Mr Harawira said today's meeting was a follow up to a previous meeting…
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National plans to sell Housing Corp home Key grew up in
John Key, the State house tenant turned merchant banker whose ascension to the top job depended heavily on his ordinary Kiwi turned good persona, is overseeing the sale of the state house that he has relied on so heavily for political advantage. The circle is…
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Earthquakes v Climate Change
For over a decade now, the Greens and environmentalists have been trying to get Labour and National-led governments to address climate change. Above many other environmental issues, it made sense to join in with a global political movement that led to the historic Kyoto and…
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Sale of Key’s old house a powerful symbol
Undeterred by the failure of their state house selloff plans in Invercargill and Horowhenua, the Nats are trying to push ahead with a sale in Christchurch - Prime Minister John Key's childhood state house up for sale as Government offers 2500 properties to NGOs Housing…
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Open Mike 25/11/2016
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Daily Review 24/11/2016
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Elf & Safety
It was disappointing to see Michael Woodhouse's complacency for the government at one worker each week dying on the job. That can't be acceptable. The new health & safety laws are a big improvement, and are making a difference in NZ businesses. It took a…
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Mining engineer: Solid Energy’s decision is “irrational”
Via the NZ Herald: A specialist in coal mine explosion prevention has called Solid Energy's decision not to re-enter the Pike River mine irrational. Engineer David Creedy prepared a report, which concluded it would be safe to cautiously enter the mine to look for evidence…
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To be fair they probably don’t have much experience with spades
https://twitter.com/TheNBR/status/801267884848648192 Later: "We look like a bunch of muppets." Key unhappy the holes weren't pre-dug at Mangawhai Heads.
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RNZ on suppressed child abuse report
RNZ seem to be the only ones with this important story this morning: Child abuse report 'shut down' A former Human Rights Commissioner is accusing the government of killing off a critical report on the way it handled hundreds of cases of children abused in…
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Politik on Labour/ Greens
I started a subscription to Politik - Richard Harmon's paywall site, and I find that I have been enjoying it. Now that I have my uncompensated, unexpected, and unsolicited plug out of the way... I was rather amused reading today's Politik's "Despite the pact Shaw takes on…
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Open Mike 24/11/2016
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Daily Review 23/11/2016
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The sharemarket moved because…
This is just something that gets my goat, and there was a particularly egregious example on the RNZ Business News this morning. Apparently Wall St was going 'gangbusters', and the reason they came up with for that was 'Wall St' liking Donald Trump's policies (lowering…
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Has Key abandoned Parmar in the Mt Roskill by election?
I get the impression that the Mt Roskill by election is not going well for National. The seat should be in play. Last election Labour lost the party vote to National by 2,200. Sure Goff won the electorate vote by over 8,000 but this was…
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What skills do we need in the age of fake news?
Revelations surrounding the role of fake news in the American election have been stunning. If you haven't been following the topic, here's a quick catch-up: Click and elect: how fake news helped Donald Trump win a real election This Analysis Shows How Fake Election News…
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Nat state house selloff in tatters
Another fail in National's plan to sell off state houses is good news for those of us who believe that it is the government's responsibility to take care of society's most vulnerable. From RNZ: Govt backs away from Horowhenua state house sale The proposed sale…
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Open Mike 23/11/2016
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TPP: An epitaph for self-interested treaties done in secret
About the only good thing I have to say about the misogynist buffoon, under-skilled charlatan and ignorant bigot that the Americans have elected to be their constitutional monarch for the next four years1 is that he appears to have killed the current version of the constraint of…
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Daily Review 22/11/2016
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QC describes Pike River mine as a ‘homicide scene’
On Checkpoint Nigel Hampton QC (representing some of the families) described the Pike River mine as a 'crime scene' and a 'homicide scene', and he questioned the motives of those rushing to seal the mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OsVT1fy_sQ John Key promised the families that the bodies would…
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Brownlee should stop vilifying scientists
Gerry Brownlee has been in the news lately. First for attacking a public servant for not telling the Government about a rather major gap in our civil defence network then for attacking him after admitting that the scientist had actually raised the issue in reports about this rather large…
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Chester Borrows goes to trial, Barry Soper goes to pieces
When you injure someone with your car there are consequences - Chester Borrows to face trial over protest incident (RNZ) The MP for Whanganui, Chester Borrows, is headed to trial over a charge of careless use of a motor vehicle causing injury. It follows an…
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Open Mike 22/11/2016
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Daily Review 21/11/2016
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More fossil awards for NZ
Turns out that the earth's climate is more sensitive to warming than we thought, and: Climate change may be escalating so fast it could be 'game over', scientists warn. In this "game" New Zealand will be on record as among the most useless of players:…
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Brownlee bullies GNS staff
After two significant earthquake events in Christchurch in the past six years and with a number of other earthquakes happening you would have thought that the Government would have made sure that our earthquake and tsunami warning system are fit for purpose. At least you…
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The eternal tax-cut mirage
Before the 2008 election National promised tax cuts on average "north of $50 a week": National leader John Key believes tax cuts of the magnitude it promised in 2005 are credible under today's economic conditions. Didn't happen. Before the 2011 election National instituted a "tax…