Written By: - Date published: 9:57 am, June 17th, 2012 - 52 comments
John Key started preparing the ground to work with NZF, looking to forge a “Save Super” platform for 2014. But Winston Peters smacked him down hard.
Written By: - Date published: 2:28 pm, June 16th, 2012 - 12 comments
Between 1 and 2 thousand people turned out in Dunedin today to march in protest at the National government’s plan to sell our assets.
Written By: - Date published: 8:10 am, June 16th, 2012 - 56 comments
Austerity has failed in both the UK and NZ. But at least Cameron’s Conservatives have the wit to realise it, and the courage to act.
Written By: - Date published: 9:13 am, June 14th, 2012 - 26 comments
Five to fifteen years of economic turmoil. Peak oil. Climate change. For “Western” / OECD countries it’s time to start creating a world based on a different kind of growth.
Written By: - Date published: 1:56 pm, June 13th, 2012 - 13 comments
The Auditor-General has announced an enquiry into John Key’s SkyCity deal. The deal should now be put on hold while the enquiry goes ahead.
Written By: - Date published: 8:45 am, June 12th, 2012 - 23 comments
Parents and teachers are calling for Key to apologise over the stress and anxiety that Key’s government has caused them over the last 2 weeks. Want to guess how Key handled it?
Written By: - Date published: 7:09 am, June 12th, 2012 - 191 comments
On Superannuation Key is in a very strange position indeed, where keeping his word is doing him more harm than breaking it. It’s a disaster for the country.
Written By: - Date published: 7:21 am, June 11th, 2012 - 121 comments
The last three polls have all been good for the Left. I’d like to be able to point you to a poll of polls to have a look at the trend, but both Curia and Pundit are stuck in an April time warp.
Update: Great to see the Pundit poll of polls up to date again – check it out.
Written By: - Date published: 11:23 am, June 9th, 2012 - 30 comments
You don’t usually see it stated as succinctly as this.
Written By: - Date published: 11:25 am, June 8th, 2012 - 6 comments
While the public’s attention is focused on educational issues, use the platform to press for change on the Nats other damaging educational initiatives, national standards and charter schools.
Written By: - Date published: 9:37 am, June 8th, 2012 - 38 comments
The hysterical right are pretty pissed that the Nats have backed down on class sizes. Let them rant all they like – the Nats can’t afford to listen.
Written By: - Date published: 12:08 pm, June 7th, 2012 - 14 comments
Public opinion is massively opposed to cutting teachers. When 50,000 people marched down Queen St the Nats dropped plans to mine conservation land. Time for another show of people power.
Written By: - Date published: 10:33 am, June 6th, 2012 - 7 comments
The transit of Venus is in progress. If cloud cover allows you a view it’s a pretty special astronomical event…
Written By: - Date published: 8:21 am, June 6th, 2012 - 12 comments
How did National get it so wrong on the cuts that would costs too many schools far too many teachers? Did the Nats do any consultation at all?
Written By: - Date published: 12:26 pm, June 5th, 2012 - 18 comments
Hey John – where’s our “Brighter Future”? Hey National voters – was this what you voted for?
Written By: - Date published: 10:45 am, June 5th, 2012 - 32 comments
The “tradeable” sector is still shrinking. The property market is heating up again. We need a capital gains tax now.
Written By: - Date published: 11:57 am, June 4th, 2012 - 73 comments
The Greens have singled out Key and Bennett for scathing personal criticism. Another sign that The Greens are becoming a mainstream political party? Can’t argue with the results, but I must admit that I find it all faintly depressing.
Written By: - Date published: 9:59 am, June 3rd, 2012 - 236 comments
The Nats have a thoroughly unhealthy obsession with the politics of reproduction. They’re talking about “stopping ‘unfit’ parents reproducing”, but Paula Bennet let slip the real agenda months ago.
Written By: - Date published: 7:21 am, June 1st, 2012 - 17 comments
National has no choice but to call off the education cuts. The sooner they do it the sooner it will stop killing them in the court of public opinion.
Written By: - Date published: 12:07 pm, May 31st, 2012 - 51 comments
Here’s a prediction for you – the Nats will ignore this report too. They’re not particularly interested in the issue of kids in poverty.
Written By: - Date published: 1:38 pm, May 30th, 2012 - 7 comments
Written By: - Date published: 9:07 am, May 29th, 2012 - 32 comments
Is the government coming to its senses on the matter of reducing class sizes? That would be a rare pleasure indeed…
Written By: - Date published: 9:12 am, May 27th, 2012 - 128 comments
Bad news from Bonn. Not that you’d know it from NZ media coverage of course.
Written By: - Date published: 9:58 am, May 26th, 2012 - 65 comments
Taunting the young people who are getting the shitty end of the economic stick – does it get any more arrogant than that?
Written By: - Date published: 11:21 am, May 25th, 2012 - 23 comments
Getting back to surplus is not the first step to growing the economy. It’s the other way round.
Written By: - Date published: 7:09 am, May 24th, 2012 - 3 comments
An excellent column from Bryan Gould, and a picture of working families in financial distress. Something to ponder, as we await the zero budget.
Written By: - Date published: 5:56 pm, May 23rd, 2012 - 16 comments
Exercise for the reader – post links to occasions of Key and the Nats ignoring official advice.
Written By: - Date published: 9:30 am, May 23rd, 2012 - 227 comments
The media (and the braying right-wing blogs of course) have been bleeding plenty of ink over Shane Jones’ actions in the citizenship case. Jones hasn’t really put his side of the story – until last night.
Written By: - Date published: 11:38 am, May 20th, 2012 - 26 comments
Like a polluter making money while passing on the costs of pollution to the rest of us, a media organisation can make money out of hatred while passing on the costs to society. Case in point – Paul Henry, who didn’t take long to revert to type in Australia.
Written By: - Date published: 9:14 am, May 19th, 2012 - 21 comments
Another poll to add to current mix. Not a big shift, but in the right direction, and getting the right kinds of headline. And here’s another headline that isn’t going to help the Nats – the wage gap with Australia is growing at the rate of $1 a month.
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