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Yesterday 10 of the candidates for the UN's top job faced off in debate. For the first time this was a public event (you can view the whole thing on YouTube). Al Jazeera hosted and broadcast the debate, and ran a live blog. That page…
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Remember back in April?: Greens’ “Barking Mad” Bill Blocked The big question in Question Time arose from the allegation in leaked documents called the Panama Papers that New Zealand is a tax haven. Prime Minister John Key says tax havens are secret and New Zealand…
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With a rush of sanity to the head, the UK Labour Party has ruled that Jeremy Corbyn is automatically on the leadership ballot, as a straightforward reading of the rules suggests. Labour executive rules Jeremy Corbyn must be on leadership ballot ... In a crunch…
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There is a pretty bloody silly leader on The Herald at the moment: The piece reads: Frustrated would-be first-home buyers will get a hand up as the Government moves to lift house price limits for KiwiSaver subsidies and low-deposit loans. Housing Minister Nick Smith has…
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National is usually a formidable opposition. Given its resources, its extensive polling and focus grouping to work out lines that will appeal to ordinary New Zealanders as well as the superficially impressive arrogance shown by its representatives it impresses some people as the natural party of government. This…
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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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Good - MP Chester Borrows charged after driving into protesters MP Chester Borrows has been charged over injuring two women with a car during a Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) protest. The Whanganui National MP and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives told NZME he…
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Of some politicians it can be said that nothing in his career became him like the leaving it. We won't even manage that for David Cameron: https://twitter.com/BBCDanielS/status/752526624722194433
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On Friday Steven Joyce was lecturing us on the necessity of HNZ paying its regular "dividend" to the government (as per the May Budget projections). Over the weekend Labour released its genuinely comprehensive housing policy, and Steven Joyce went in to meltdown on Twitter. Among…
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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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Essential reading, two pieces by Olivia Carville in The Herald today. Lower infant death target slammed A Maori health target for sudden infant death was lowered by Government officials because it was too difficult to achieve - even though Maori babies are five times more…
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Trump. Brexit. A rising tide of anger, violence, and political instability. Even "the market" has noticed, according to Liam Dann in the Business Herald: It's a mad, mad world From Britain, to the US to Australia, voters are punishing politicians. Why the anger and what…
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Housing and homelessness has been top of the public agenda this year. Over the weekend Labour rolled out a genuinely comprehensive response: Build more affordable houses Create an Affordable Housing Authority to fast-track development in our cities ... Build 100,000 affordable homes across the country…
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I get a picture of Angela Eagle, cruising along like her avian namesake, keeping an eye on the ground for any potential morsel, and completely missing the great big bloody obvious and transparent reality that's right in front of her. To date, bar thin and…
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Tēnā koutou katoa Can I begin by acknowledging Annette King. Annette is an incredible Deputy Leader and a real source of counsel, wisdom and advice. Can I also acknowledge the local MP David Cunliffe, and Phil Twyford our fantastic housing spokesperson. You’ve never seen Nick…
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Women's Refuge are holding their annual appeal. The organisation is criminally underfunded by the NZ Government at a time when our domestic violence statistics are among the worst in the first world. John Key won't help, but you can. Donate here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fl640AgQPk Women's…
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Yesterday in the Herald John Roughan offered some thoughts on Labour on the event of its birthday, some of which I agreed wholeheartedly. He is someone who is often criticised by the left but he is capable of very complex views on matters and occasionally…
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Andrew Little has announced at the Labour Party's 100 year special conference that Labour in Government will require Housing Corporation to instead of paying dividends to instead build houses. From Radio New Zealand: He said National had used Housing NZ to profit from the most…
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Five law enforcement officers have been shot dead in Dallas, Texas. Three suspects have been captured and one suspect, holed up in a garage, has apparently just shot himself. This is the worst day in the history of the city of Dallas since November 22,…
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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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Key is looking for someone to blame on the housing crisis - Prime Minister John Key says Reserve Bank needs to 'get on with it' on housing measures Prime Minister John Key was critical of the Reserve Bank Deputy Governor's speech on dealing with the…
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Judith Collins is an old style conservative politician. A bit of beneficiary bashing here, some tough on crime there, she salivates at every opportunity to scratch those right wing itches. Her latest effort is to delve deeply into an operational matter, overrule the public service,…