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Daily review 05/12/2024
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Tax and the Splintering World
Tax policy, like trade policy, attracts clever people, who love its intricacies. One thinks one knows a little about tax, then one attends seminars with the cognoscenti, and one understands the depth of one’s own ignorance. Perhaps it’s the interplay of Economics, Accounting and the…
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Creative accounting
There were firey scenes at the Health Select Committee yesterday as Labour's Ayesha Verrall accused Health boss Lester Levy of cooking the books. From Kate Green at Radio New Zealand: The Health Commissioner will seek an apology from the former Health Minister, after she suggested…
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Open mike 05/12/2024
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AT is to be gutted
A big announcement was made yesterday about the future of Auckland Transport. The Government announced reform of AT, effectively conceding that the behemouth National created in 2010 was the wrong structure. The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance report which preceded the super city recommended that…
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Daily review 04/12/2024
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Luxon Takes A Beating
Partial excerpt from Mountain Tui Substack post: Luxon Takes A Beating The latest polls are in. And who could have guessed that a government that destroys the economy (‘economic vandalism on steroids’), tears up our public health system (‘National is BAD for health’), de-stabilises Crown-Māori…
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Open mike 04/12/2024
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Daily review 03/12/2024
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Open mike 03/12/2024
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Daily review 02/12/2024
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Electric Shock
New Zealand is one of the slowest countries in the developed world to transition from combustion to electric vehicles. The shocks we are seeing in Europe to car makers and car buyers herald more trouble ahead. This year about 10% of New Zealand’s new car…
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Open mike 02/12/2024
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Hipkins’ Conference speech
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi, e rau rangatira ma Tena koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa Mālō e lelei Kia Orana Talofa Lava Fakaalofa lahi atu Mālō Ni Ni sa bula Namaste As-salamu alaykum Ni hao Warm pacific greetings to you…
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Open mike 01/12/2024
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Curia exited RANZ because Family First are unbalanced
There has been some speculation on exactly why David Farrar's company Curia abruptly exited the Research Association of New Zealand (RANZ). It appears to have been triggered by a complaint about the fairness of the wording of a question in a April poll. The finding…
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Reti secretly wants to privatise Health
This is unfortunate. Shane Reti has spilt the beans, he has let the cat out of the bag, he has given the game away and has spilled his guts about what he wants to happen to health. He has stated that privatising health is not…
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Open mike 30/11/2024
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Caption contest
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Daily review 29/11/2024
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The Australian under 16 social media ban
Throwing up a quick post so we can discuss this in context. The bill has passed and will take effect in 12 months time. From RNZ, Children and teenagers will be banned from using social media from the end of next year after the Australian government's…
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Open mike 29/11/2024
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Economy Nose Dives
The economy is spluttering and Winston Peters blames National. Here's what we are looking at: 4.8% unemployment - a near four year record high - even as NZ keeps breaking new records for citizen departures Employment confidence declined to the lowest level since the first…
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Daily review 28/11/2024
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It’s almost like we shouldn’t leave the climate crisis to the market
In the news this week, SolarZero, the pioneering solar installation and subscription company, went into liquidation. Details in the Herald. US investment company Black Rock are the current owners of SolarZero, they bought it 2022. Black Rock are also the company that the recent Labour…
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Open mike 28/11/2024
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Daily review 27/11/2024
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National’s dodgy health announcements
You have to admire National's ability to trumpet dodgy statistics and present a perception of reality far removed from what is actually happening. This week we saw one example when despite an earlier promise not to do so Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Police Minister…
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If Seymour succeeds what happens to Ngāpuhi’s Treaty claim?
David Seymour is on a roll. He keeps popping up in the media talking about how his Treay Principles Bill is a good thing and will not completely undermine the Treaty of Waitangi. He has been interviewed on Radio New Zealand, after having previously turned…
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Open mike 27/11/2024
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