Written By: - Date published: 2:43 pm, May 30th, 2024 - 80 comments
Early comments on the budget. Basically tax cuts are being paid by more borrowing. There is no way this can be described as being fiscally neutral.
Written By: - Date published: 1:27 pm, May 28th, 2024 - 49 comments
The Government is moving with urgency to reverse Labour’s repeal of referenda for Māori wards on local councils.
Written By: - Date published: 11:11 am, May 26th, 2024 - 46 comments
The past fortnight has seen a number of breaking stories each of which raises concerns about the motivations and goals of this Government. It makes you wonder whether the pursuit of self interest is an embedded feature as opposed to a bug.
Written By: - Date published: 11:23 am, May 21st, 2024 - 21 comments
In breaking news New Plymouth National MP David MacLeod apparently *forgot* to declare $178,000 in declarations to the Electoral Commission.
Written By: - Date published: 9:02 am, May 21st, 2024 - 6 comments
In the past week Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins have both delivered future vision themed speeches. With some dramatic contrasts.
Written By: - Date published: 9:53 am, May 16th, 2024 - 69 comments
Following on from the decision to cut $103 million a year from the school lunch programme the Government has announced the return of chartered schools at a cost of $153 million over four years.
Written By: - Date published: 9:22 am, May 15th, 2024 - 31 comments
As part of its coalition agreement NZ First is wanting to end a policy that has already ended. And the Government is struggling to work out what to do.
Written By: - Date published: 7:51 am, May 15th, 2024 - 16 comments
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the summons issued to Children’s Minister Karen Chhour was valid but decline to enforce it as the date has passed. And the Government has hastily introduced the bill to stop any further action being taken by the Tribunal.
Written By: - Date published: 10:08 am, May 12th, 2024 - 109 comments
The Waitangi Tribunal has released a scathing interim decision relating to the Government’s intention to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989.
Written By: - Date published: 8:55 am, May 6th, 2024 - 39 comments
The Government has announced the reaching of an agreement with Auckland Council about Watercare which will over time be more expensive than Labour’s Tree Water alternative.
Written By: - Date published: 10:16 am, May 5th, 2024 - 86 comments
The Government is less than 12 months away from a change in the Deputy Prime Ministership and the transition will be a smooth one. Labour needs to be getting ready now. Because for the first time in this Country’s history this could be a one term National led Government.
Written By: - Date published: 9:01 pm, May 2nd, 2024 - 203 comments
Yesterday in Parliament Julie Anne Genter lost her cool when Matt Doocey misrepresented what the last Government’s NLTP priorities were. Should she be sanctioned? Or should she get a medal for pointing out that Doocey was totally wrong?
Written By: - Date published: 8:57 am, May 1st, 2024 - 94 comments
The Remuneration Authority has announced that MPs will be getting a 10% increase in their salaries during the course of this Parliament.
Written By: - Date published: 6:05 pm, April 29th, 2024 - 52 comments
The latest One News Verian poll suggests that the right is in trouble.
Written By: - Date published: 4:35 pm, April 29th, 2024 - 8 comments
Minister for Children Karen Chhour has resisted attempts by the Waitangi Tribunal to get her to explain how removing requirements to improve outcomes for Māori children is not a breach of the Treaty.
Written By: - Date published: 8:50 am, April 27th, 2024 - 8 comments
There is absolutely nothing to worry about if the Fast-track Approvals Bill gets passed into law and Shane Jones gets extraordinary powers to decide on consent applications which normally would be subject to enormous rigour and oversight.
Written By: - Date published: 1:04 pm, April 24th, 2024 - 55 comments
As predicted 10 days ago the first Ministerial goneburger has occurred and it is Melissa Lee.
Written By: - Date published: 11:05 am, April 24th, 2024 - 5 comments
It is almost as if the environment was really cruel to senior members of the Government when they were kids. But whatever the reason this Government appears to be intent on wrecking the local environment with a degree of vengeance and stupidity not seen before.
Written By: - Date published: 9:43 am, April 21st, 2024 - 35 comments
Liz Truss’s short reign as UK Prime Minister foundered after her budget requiring borrowing to fund tax cuts was released. The budget tanked the UK economy and caused Truss’s resignation. This week amongst announcements of massive cuts it has emerged that the Government is also planning borrowing for tax cuts.
Written By: - Date published: 10:25 am, April 17th, 2024 - 27 comments
There is a bill before Parliament right now that has the potential of blowing a rather big hole in our reputation as an open and transparent democracy.
Written By: - Date published: 10:34 am, April 14th, 2024 - 27 comments
Already we have what looks like an odds on favourite for the first Ministerial scalp.
Written By: - Date published: 10:22 am, April 12th, 2024 - 48 comments
* get evicted more easily.
Written By: - Date published: 9:18 am, April 10th, 2024 - 47 comments
James Shaw’s attempt to create a right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is expected to be voted down soon by Parliament. But the New Zealand Supreme Court as well as the European Court of Human Rights have shown a willingness to recognise a right to a sustainable environment that some politicians refuse to.
Written By: - Date published: 11:05 am, April 7th, 2024 - 71 comments
National campaigned on the promise of getting the country back on track. How is it going?
Written By: - Date published: 10:15 am, April 6th, 2024 - 60 comments
In the past week it has been disclosed that Israel’s Artificial Intelligence driven security system was responsible for the killing of seven international aid workers. And there are reports that Israel directed a missile attack on the Iraqi embassy in Syria.
Written By: - Date published: 9:07 am, April 5th, 2024 - 22 comments
* unless they want to set up Maori wards.
Written By: - Date published: 10:09 am, April 2nd, 2024 - 55 comments
It appears almost inevitable that Keir Starmer will be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. But his taking the party to the right and an active drive to rid the party of left wingers raises the spectre that his Goverment would be a pale immitation of its predecessors.
Written By: - Date published: 10:57 am, March 29th, 2024 - 53 comments
We have just had yet another week of the Government manufacturing culture wars and picking fights while ignoring the big issues. Like dealing with climate change, child poverty and homelessness.
Written By: - Date published: 10:37 am, March 24th, 2024 - 24 comments
RNZ has reported that a foreign agency collected signals intelligence out of the GCSB for years without ministers knowing. And the collection only stopped after the equipment broke down.
Written By: - Date published: 10:30 am, March 21st, 2024 - 20 comments
Grant Robertson has given his valedictory speech in Parliament.
Written By: - Date published: 3:34 pm, March 20th, 2024 - 57 comments
No funds to continue to give families of disabled people
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