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Daily Review 16/06/2017
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Homeless Housing.
Jeremy Corbyn and senior Labour MPs have called for homes left vacant in Kensington and Chelsea by overseas investors to be “requisitioned” in order to rehouse those left homeless due to the Grenfell Tower fire. Now, if that's a permissible thing for a prominent politician to…
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Health budget stuff up – incompetent
What a mess - 'This can never happen again': Health minister furious at $38m Budget blunder Cash-strapped District Health Boards are being made to hand back some of their funding, after a Ministry of Health blunder saw some given too much money in the Budget.…
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Our brilliant economy
Do voters really vote on "the economy"? I'm not so sure, but if they did, they shouldn't vote for this lot. Grant Robertson: Economy stalling after nine years of National's complacency The second successive quarterly fall in per person growth shows the need for a…
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UNICEF on our appalling child welfare record – but apparently we don’t care
Here's how the Brighter Future is working out for NZ kids: Unicef report: New Zealand 34th out of 41 developed countries for child wellbeing The wellbeing of New Zealand's children places us 34th out of 41 developed countries, according to a report released by Unicef…
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Signals
https://twitter.com/publicaddress/status/875230374883844098 Russell Brown has written a moving, hard hitting post, about the Grenfell Tower fire which has so far taken 17 lives. He talks about living in London, outlines half a dozen life-stealing, preventable tragedies all with a common core of underfunding and ideological commitment to a…
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Open Mike 16/06/2017
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Daily Review 15/06/2017
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Jonathan Pie – Socialism strikes back
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100 Days
It's 100 days to the election! Grant Duncan puts his finger on a defining issue: 'Completely broken'? Widening inequality fuels discontent among Kiwis Audrey Young has a roundup of where the party campaigns and organisation are at: 100 Days to Go: Parties gearing up their…
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Debt to Income Loan Limits
Has anyone noticed that it’s now much harder to sell a house? I sure ain’t giving advice. But I suspect existing home owners are finding it takes longer, and no-one’s still getting the great life-altering profit they thought they would from selling. Back in October…
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When immigration means exploitation
Good coverage of Labour's immigration policy from an anonymous editorial on Stuff: Immigration cuts are not xenophobic, but economically necessary Labour's immigration policy is not racist or xenophobic. It is a careful and moderate policy designed to deal with several serious problems at once. Net…
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Open Mike 15/06/2017
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Daily Review 14/06/2017
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Fabian seminar tonight: What would a people’s Budget look like?
Something to check out if you are in Auckland tonight: What would a people's Budget look like? The election-year Budget is always a big part of a Government’s campaign for re-election. If it’s possible, there’s even more spin than usual. The bank economists and the…
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New Zealand folds and apologises to Israel
National has surrendered its former principled position concerning the illegality of Israel's occupation of Palestinian land. It has now apologised to Israel for causing offence for sponsoring a UN resolution condemning the continued Israeli illegal occupation of Palestinian land. Israel has in response resumed diplomatic…
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Immigration and economic growth
National's go-to response to anything that Labour suggests is scaremongering. Case in point: English says Labour's immigration 'breather' would stall momentum in the economy Prime Minister Bill English's strenuous opposition to Labour's proposed "breather" in immigration draws a clear battle-line in the election. ... English…
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Sun and Breitbart falling
It's a pretty bleak political landscape out there in the UK and USA, but here's a couple of spots of good news. The Sun slips below 2m daily sale for the first time in 43 years The Sun slipped below the 2m sales mark in…
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Open Mike 14/06/2017
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Daily Review 13/07/2017
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Green perspectives on the Point England land appropriation
An edited version of this article was first published in the Green Party newsletter Te Awa. Reposted here with the authors' permission. Point England is a suburb on the east side of Auckland, the reserve borders the Tamaki Estuary. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Modern Day Land Grab or Treaty Settlement? Point…
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Panama Papers fallout – trusts leaving NZ
Even our government's weak and reluctant response to the Panama Papers revelations has had an impact: More than 1800 foreign trusts exit NZ More than 1800 foreign trusts have told Inland Revenue they don't want to register under new rules that require them to reveal…
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Labour oppose visa scams – Nats would rather have the quick bucks
Labour is right to stress the many advantages that immigration brings to NZ, and right to draw attention to the major way in which it is being abused - student visa scams. No doubt there are honest and effective private educational institutions, but there are…
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Open Mike 13/06/2017
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Daily Review 12/06/2017
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Labour’s immigration policy
Labour has released new immigration policy: Making immigration work for New Zealand New Zealand is a country built on immigration. Migrants bring to New Zealand the skills we need to grow our economy and vibrant cultures that enrich our society. Good start. We have always…
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Act’s Euthanasia Bill
There's going to be a debate about euthanasia this election. The Health Select Committee hasn't released its report into the issue. However, the bill has been pulled from the ballot as a Private Members Bill, from Act. Here's the text. In the text, no doctor…
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How to make medicinal cannabis laws based on the needs of ill and disabled people
The purpose of this bill is to make it legal for New Zealanders who are suffering from terminal illness or any debilitating condition to use cannabis or cannabis products with the support of a registered medical practitioner. Last week Julie-Anne Genter's private member's bill on…
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Ratepayers vs affordable housing
Great piece by Bernard Orsman in The Herald: Large affordable housing project in Manukau hits snag A $140 million housing project on council land in Manukau has hit a snag on the eve of Auckland Mayor Phil Goff releasing a major report to tackle the…
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Brownlee lying to the UN over Operation Burnham
The UN called for an investigation into Operation Burnham - as highlighted by Hager and Stephenson in Hit and Run - United Nations calls on NZ Government to fully investigate Afghan raid. Very inconvenient for the Nats who would rather sweep any dead civilians under…