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Brownlee determined that Christchurch should suffer too
Gerry Brownlee, as short-sighted, bullying, and ignorant as ever: Govt threatens to pull funding for Chch downtown plan The government is threatening to cancel its funding for a plan to make central Christchurch more pedestrian and cycle friendly if changes are not made. Yes, gods…
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Why National had to settle the Pay Equity case
As reported by Anthony Robins yesterday the Government has flipped on the pay equity issues raised by the case of Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota Inc v Terranova Homes and Care Ltd. The case started five years ago when Kristine Bartlett and the…
business capitalism class war Economy employment minimum wage tax the praiseworthy and the pitiful Unions wages workers' rights
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Immigration in election year
National is about to execute a flip flop on immigration (Vernon Small): Government to announce new moves to 'control' the flow of migrants The Government is poised to unveil measures aimed at "controlling" the flow of migrants in a move seen as an attempt to…
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Open Mike 19/04/2017
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May seeks UK snap election
News from the UK: Theresa May calls UK general election for 8 June Prime minister makes surprise announcement outside No 10, saying she has delivered stability after the Brexit referendum result Theresa May has called a snap general election to be held on 8 June,…
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Daily Review 18/04/2017
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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National’s economic report card fail
Though artificially boosted by high immigration and disaster rebuilds, the NZ economy is in the doldrums, and National are a failure even by their own goals and targets: MBIE failing to meet self-imposed targets The government department charged with growing the economy, the Ministry of…
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Slack on Dagg and English
There was (among the usual dross) some great stuff in the papers over the Easter break. Here's David Slack with some observations on Fred Dagg, NZ, and Bill English: Fred Dagg left and took the old ways with him ... Two things seemed to happen…
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Thank you health care workers
Good news, long overdue: Big pay rise for women: Deal likely to alarm private sector About 55,000 low-paid workers, mainly women, are about to get one of the biggest pay rises ever after details of a historic pay equity settlement are revealed today. This is…
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National has some strange candidates – Pakuranga
I hear there are murmurings in National's ranks at the number of fundamentalist christians being selected in winnable seats. One of them is in Pakuranga which is one of the safest of National seats. His name is Simeon Brown. He is aged 24 and is…
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Open Mike 18/04/2017
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Kia kaha Sonny Bill Williams
Sonny Bill Williams is someone who has grown on me. My initial impression of him was that he was an overpaid professional footballer who tore up contracts for more money and code jumped just because he could. But he has changed dramatically and improved. He converted…
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Black is White. Up is Down.
A little under two weeks ago every major news outlet fell over themselves to report on allegations of a chemical attack in Syria that had killed scores of people. Yesterday our time, over one hundred people, including scores of children, were killed when buses carrying…
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Open Mike 17/04/2017
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Helen Clark farewelled by UN
From RNZ: UN bids Helen Clark adieu with multiple events Helen Clark is being farewelled at the United Nations (UN) in New York, where her job as director of the Development Program comes to an end on Tuesday. The former New Zealand prime minister has…
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Higgins on National’s shit creek
Nadine Higgins has written a scorcher of an opinion piece in the SST: We're up an unswimmable creek without a paddle ... The late John Clarke wrote in The Listener a few years ago "If you'd like to enjoy the beautifully clean, swift-flowing New Zealand…
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Duck and Cover
During the 1980s when another madman was in control of the Whitehouse I always had a foreboding of the future in a Terminator sort of way. The prospects of nuclear war seemed so likely. The Americans and the Russians had armed themselves to the teeth and…
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My five books for Donald Trump
I know you don't like to read. Bear with me. I've chosen a few for Easter reading that would be worth a shot at. And granted you're American, so you'll want to understand mostly American stuff. But just for Easter I know the first one…
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Open Mike 16/04/2017
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“We are unstoppable, another world is possible”
Last month oil protestors blockaded the NZ Petroleum Conference for 6 hours. Pretty inspiring stuff. This is some of the best of protest action and civil disobedience - it was organised, safe, fun, and involved a wide range of people. It had high energy, people were trained,…
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Labour’s leadership team
I've written before on the positive reception to Labour's leadership team. Nice to see it still rolling along. Even if some commentators can't quite get to grips with it. Tracy Watkins on Stuff: The Andrew and Jacinda show - has anything changed? Thought Labour leader…
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Open Mike 15/04/2017
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Big Barrel Bomb
Yesterday, President Assad of Syria President Trump of the US dropped what is essentially the world's biggest barrel bomb. The Guardian seemed quite excited by the whole affair. Seems "big is good". For those who get off on war porn.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaiKodpkw00
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Canada
Ralph Goodale, Canada’s public safety minister on the laws around cannabis possession and use - “If your objective is to protect public health and safety and keep cannabis out of the hands of minors, and stop the flow of profits to organized crime, then the…
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Monbiot on the embedded economy
A model for a sustainable economy. Something to ponder on a wet holiday weekend. From The Guardian: Finally, a breakthrough alternative to growth economics – the doughnut Instead of growth at all costs, a new economic model allows us to thrive while saving the planet…
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RNZ: The 9th floor – Moore
Guyon Espiner's excellent RNZ series The 9th Floor, consists of interviews with five ex NZ PMs: Geoffrey Palmer, Mike Moore, Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley, Helen Clark. Here's Mike Moore: The Trader - Mike Moore: Prime Minister 1990 Former Labour Prime Minister Mike Moore worries about…
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Open Mike 14/04/2017
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Daily Review 13/04/2017
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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Help Scoop ‘Open the Election’ : The Open News Project
Scoop are in the last day of fundraising for a new election project. _________________________________________________________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkGmlaBLQqo Help Scoop supercharge our election journalism. Help Scoop to 'open the news' this election cycle through a participatory, citizen powered and open licensed news project in 2017. We are building a…