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Daily Review 30/11/2018
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National wants there to be no unions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmq6X7zNXls&feature=youtu.be Dan Bidois this week in Parliament confirmed what we have always known, that National want there to be no unions around. From Hansard: We need a flexible employment framework for New Zealand's future. We need unions that really—quite frankly, the New Zealand public have…
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Open Mike 30/11/2018
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TERFed Out: UPDATED
On Wednesday, Herald columnist Rachel Stewart wrote a disingenuous and deliberately provocative piece about her distaste for trans people. It was dressed up, in part, as supposedly sensible outrage at the thought that trans women (or 'men' as Rachel prefers to call them) might use…
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Daily Review 29/11/2018
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Spooked!
The GCSB ban on Spark's use of Huawei technology means this government has gone from "honest broker" to poodle in a very short time. Pressure has been applied by the US and others, apparently fearing we are the "soft underbelly" of the Five Eyes spy…
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No sense, nonsense and a dearth of common sense.
The Guardian is reporting on a study by the InterAcademy Partnership that has found the global food system is "broken". According to The Guradian's reporting, the study is recommending a complete transformation in the way we produce food and in the food we consume. So…
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Stuff is banning climate change deniers from articles and comments
Congratulations to Stuff. Instead of the endless on the one hand but on the other hand reporting, where on the other hand is nothing more than incomprehensible babble from the anti science right, they have adopted this policy: Stuff accepts the overwhelming scientific consensus that…
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Open Mike 29/11/2018
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The bigotry of lemmings – the China scare
I can't think of the number of countless times that I have seen scare stories about someone wanting to take over this society and/or the world. Sometimes they are even correct about intent, but usually they are not. Usually the difference between what is insinuated…
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Daily Review 28/11/2018
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Employment Law Changes; A Win for the Workers
The Employment Relations Bill passed its second reading last night. This means it is almost certain to be in law early next year. The amended ERA will now limit the 90 day 'Fire at Will' provisions to businesses with fewer than 20 employees and, importantly,…
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The dinosaurs are clinging on
Two examples yesterday gave me hope that the world was finally coming to terms with climate change and there is a chance, even a faint chance, that the urgent action required will be taken. First off in the US of A the Trump Administration has…
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Open Mike 28/11/2018
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Daily Review 27/11/2018
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The strange case of the missing text from Bridges’ speech
Yesterday National's social media team sent out this tweet: https://twitter.com/NZNationalParty/status/1066836558139994112 It received a number of tweets and likes and comments. I thought it was strange. It said on the face of it that National would repeal the bright line test tax that it imposed in…
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National and its no tax promises
BLiP used to have this very popular regular post where he listed porkies that John Key had said over the years. A few of them involved tax. National promised that New Zealanders could wave goodbye to higher taxes before the 2008 election and then imposed…
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China, Huawei and us
It's high time this government woke up to the intelligence gathering capacity and ambition of China in New Zealand. If we have a counter-espionage capacity of the New Zealand state, it's time it was put to work. Charles Sturt University academic Clive Hamilton made a…
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Bridges believes fictional character is definitely a male
Ho ho ho and ‘tis the season to be jolly. The latest piece of click bait social media is the unfortunate tale of a poor Santa Claus provider who apparently lost his contract because he thought the suggestion that there could be a female Santa…
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Open Mike 27/11/2018
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Daily Review 26/11/2018
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Pride and police
Over the past two weeks the New Zealand LGBTQIA+ and takatāpui communities have had one of the most divisive and difficult conversations of our time played out very publicly. At the centre of the media coverage is the decision by the Auckland Pride Board to…
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Academic freedom and relationships with China
The strange case involving Professor Anne Marie Brady and the apparently politically inspired burglaries of her home and office and the allegation of tampering with her car received further coverage by Matt Nippert in the Herald this morning. Police investigations are continuing. As detailed by…
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Open Mike 26/11/2018
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Worrisome Centrist Clowns.
According to The Guardian, which is promising (if ‘promising’ is the right word) to run a six month “investigative series” on populism, Jeremy Corbyn and UK Labour aren’t a part of the picture. Which is odd given that The Guardian is working from the definition…
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Open Mike 25/11/2018
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Twyford’s big announcement
The government has just announced the creation of the most massive and powerful housing and land development agency that we have ever seen. The Housing and Urban Development Authority will have cut-through powers to build quality state and affordable homes and create thriving master-planned communities.…
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Judith is getting ready
What does National do? Stick with Simon Bridges who is dying on his feet and appears to be incapable of bringing things around. Or switch leaders? Like to Amy Adams who is part of Canterbury's landed gentry and the recipient of central government largesse. And…
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Open Mike 24/11/2018
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Daily Review 23/11/2018
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