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Gordon Campbell at Werewolf: Gordon Campbell on yesterday’s Budget It may seem like Oliver to be so bold as to ask the Finance Minister for more gruel – but what the Dickens, Steven Joyce… is this Budget really as good as it gets? Supposedly, the…
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Director of Greenpeace Russell Norman said recently that if we want to prevent the worst of climate change we can't afford to burn the fossil fuels we already have access to, so why go look for more? Gareth Hughes from the Green Party was in…
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The chronically erratic Roy Morgan poll is out again: National Party remains ‘dead-locked’ with Labour/Greens alliance in May pre-Budget New Zealand’s governing National Party is unchanged with 43% support in May virtually level with the opposition Labour/Greens on 42.5% (unchanged) before this week’s New Zealand…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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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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I/S at No Right Turn writes: A constitutional change There's been a landmark decision from the Court of Appeal today, one which lawyers are saying changes the New Zealand constitution. The decision? The Court has ruled that the High Court was right to declare that…
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A thought provoking piece in today's Guardian from Arwa Mahdawi that is absolutely worth the two minutes of your time it would take to read in its entirety. It begins... There are lots of ways to be a disaffected, disenfranchised young man. You can spout…
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From James Shaw's speech in parliament The big headline in today’s Budget is a $2 billion Family Incomes Package. After nine years of increasing hardship for low-income families, now, in an election year, National makes yet another headline-grabbing announcement to make it look like they’re…
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It was National's best budget. Which means there are only three critical areas of failure. The first is health. Craig Hoyle at Stuff: Frustration, disappointment over health funding in Budget 2017 Patients and healthcare workers say they have been left frustrated and disappointed by "inadequate"…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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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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Andrew Little calls it the 'The One Dollar Bill Budget', a $1 tax cut for cleaner on minimum wage. As usual it is the already well off who do the best out of National's election year tax cut bribe. Scoop has the best roundup of…
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Today is budget day. This afternoon the Government will with much fanfare release the 2017 budget. Budget day is probably the most important day of the year for the Government. It is the day that they are able to spread the love around aka announce…
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A useful piece from Keith Ng (an extract from a new PSA booklet on topics in tax policy and practice): Four tax myths that might pop up this year Myth 1: "40% of households pay no 'net taxes'" ... The problem with "net taxes" is…
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Parliament/Government pages National's Pre-budget election year bribes announcements Treasury Budget release page (2pm Weds) Labour Greens' All Mothers Policy Media coverage Scoop Māori TV Otago Daily Times Stuff NGOs NZUSA's Student Budget Wishlist NZ Doctor coverage Forest and Bird's pre-budget analysis of DOC underfunding Greater Auckland (formerly…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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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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Manchester Arena is the latest in a very long list of terrorist attacks, most of which we have little or no awareness of. So, what's the idea after Manchester? Well, I guess we could sit back and endure those who have quaffed on cocktails of fear and…
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Nat MP Alfred Ngaro gave the country a reminder of Nat tactics when he threatened Labour list candidate Willie Jackson with losing Government support for his Manukau Urban Māori Authority interest in a charter school and Whānau Ora contract. Being quite so open about it…
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I'm glad to see that Paula Bennett's call for more tipping in NZ ("mandatory" tipping?) has generated a very strong response - in opposition. Brian Rudman: Forget tipping, pay fair wages instead Sorry Paula, tipping sucks and we definitely should not bring it to New…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Terrible news from Manchester where it appears an explosion may have killed at least 19 people and injured many more. The Guardian's live feed is here. The assailants or their motivation are not known. This post will be updated as more news comes in. Update:…
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Richard Harman at Politik on core points of the budget: Exclusive: What will be in Joyce's Budget A “Families’ Income Package” is likely to be at the core of this week’s Budget. Sources close to the Government have "leaked" details of the Budget to POLITIK.…
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Stuff is running an online survey - Is New Zealand on the right track?. Online surveys are not accurate measures of public opinion, but it only takes 5 min if you fancy having your say.
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The indispensable Professor Andrew Geddis (via Pundit) writes on the process required to ratify TPP11: Why the TPP11 will have to go back before Parliament by Andrew Geddis ... We might expect that if and when the TPP11 parties come to an agreement, our elected…
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We've had the Brighter Future (it sucks). We've had The Cusp of Something Special (it wasn't). What will National's soundbite slogan be this time? I'm guessing "Strong and stable government" or similar, strong and steady, strong and safe, along these lines. We will be warned…
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Great piece by Isobel Ewing on Newshub yesterday: New Zealand to spend $14 billion to meet Paris Agreement targets Newshub can reveal the cost to the New Zealand economy to meet Paris Agreement targets will be $1 billion every year for a decade But that…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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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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