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Daily review 30/11/2020
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Power across the Tasman
Australia is likely to have less of an issue with raging bush fires this year. La Niña is likely to give a break to the droughts with a wetter East Coast. Doesn't stop record heatwaves as is happening at present. Means that there are more…
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Stuff apologises for decades of racist reporting
This is a headline I never thought I would see. This morning Stuff has apologised for decades of racist reporting, and has in its own words "grappled with the truth that our journalism has often unfairly portrayed Maori, ranging from racist to blinkered". In a…
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Open mike 30/11/2020
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A Bit About How (my) Moderation Works (at present)
This Post should be read in conjunction with weka’s recent abundantly clear and highly informative one A bit about how The Standard works, this site’s Policy, and ideally also the site’s About. Two things irk me more than anything as Moderator when commenters respond to…
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Open mike 29/11/2020
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Auckland’s tree protection problem
Tree protection has been a significant issue ever since 2009. That year National passed changes to the Resource Management Act that prevented trees on urban properties with dwellings or factories from being protected unless they were specifically identified in the area’s District Plan. Previously Councils had rules…
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Open mike 28/11/2020
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Daily review 27/11/2020
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Media crisis may be most problematic
The government is simultaneously grappling with the Covid, economic and housing crises, but its failure to act urgently and boldly on the crisis in our Fourth Estate may have the most damaging longer-term effect. Bernard Hickey, one of Aotearoa’s foremost newsmen and media innovators, has…
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The Speech From The Throne
I’m sure one needs a particular depth of political nerdiness to give a flying fig about such things, but since I am one of those, these are my highlights from the speech from the throne this week: New Zealanders voted for stability and certainty at…
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Open mike 27/11/2020
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Maiden Speech – Ibrahim Omer take a bow
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Daily review 26/11/2020
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Open mike 26/11/2020
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Daily review 25/11/2020
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Comrade David signals radical rewrite of Act’s living wage policy
It seems Act's influx of new MPs has caused it to radically reassess its policy on minimum wage. From yesterday's press release: “If minimum wages don’t reduce the number of jobs available, and we can legislate our way to greater prosperity, left-wing groups should be…
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Open mike 25/11/2020
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Daily review 24/11/2020
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National announces terms of reference for its election campaign review
So National wants to work out what went wrong during the last election. From Radio New Zealand: The National Party has announced its terms of reference for a review into its 2020 election campaign. The review will be done by five panel members including former…
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Open mike 24/11/2020
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Daily review 23/11/2020
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Sneak preview of a neoliberal UBI
Labour have decided that non-residents still in New Zealand who have a visitor, student or work visa will be eligible for the Emergency dole from December. The ODT reports, The Government has extended an olive branch to thousands of desperate foreigners on temporary visas who…
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Georgian Republicans are part of the deep state threat to Trump
Over in the US of A some amazing claims are being made. They are suggesting that the Georgian voting system has been subject to a huge rort, which I actually agree has happened, but that it is evidence of a Venezuelan based conspiracy against Donald…
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No Right Turn: the obvious question
No Right Turn wrote last week: Stuff reports that housing speculators aren't paying their taxes: Speculators are making millions in an overheated housing market but as many as one in four didn’t pay the tax they owed on properties flipped last year, IRD figures reveal.…
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Open mike 23/11/2020
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National’s annual conference
You would think that the conference held immediately after National suffered one of its worst drubbings in its history National would take the opportunity to refresh its leadership and change its direction. If you did you will be disappointed. From Newshub: In a speech, Goodfellow…
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Open mike 22/11/2020
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Open mike 21/11/2020
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Daily review 20/11/2020
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