Open Mike 17/07/2017
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notices and features
Open Mike 16/07/2017
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The Green Infrastructure Fund
The Greens commit to making NZ carbon-neutral by 2050.
James Shaw Speech to the Green’s conference – Greening the Government
The text of James Shaw’s speech to the Greens Conference focussing on the Green’s policy response to Climate Change.
Open Mike 15/07/2017
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Daily Review 14/07/2017
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Caption contest
Open Mike 14/07/2017
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Daily Review 13/07/2017
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Good message – good messaging
NRT: National’s new Muldoonism
I/S at No Right Turn: “at its core, the National Party is an anti-environment party, dedicated to destroying our natural heritage and impoverishing future generations for the profit of their cronies”.
Open Mike 13/07/2017
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Daily Review 12/07/2017
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National’s plans for mining and development of conservation land
Forest and Bird: ““The Government is seeking to give themselves the powers to push through controversial and damaging projects that would otherwise fail because they breach environmental limits.”
Open Mike 12/07/2017
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Daily Review 11/07/2017
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Labour’s Targeted Families Package
As covered by Vernon Small on Stuff: “Labour is promising to scrap National’s Budget tax cut plan. Instead it will funnel the cash into higher Working for Families payments and extra help for those with young children. It’s a package it says will deliver up to $48 a week extra to middle income families.”
Generous donation – why was it necessary to get a hospital built?
Thank you Mark Dunajtschik. But why did it take a generous private donation to get a badly needed public hospital off the drawing-board?
Open Mike 11/07/2017
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Daily Review 10/07/2017
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G20: Trump isolated and friendless
ABC news political editor Chris Uhlmann’s brutal takedown of Trump goes viral.
Open Mike 10/07/2017
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“Ongoing cover-up” on Operation Burnham
David Fisher in The Herald exposes yet another NZDF “error” on Operation Burnham. Intelligence analyst Dr Paul Buchanan: “I’m absolutely certain that what we’re seeing is part of the ongoing cover-up.”
No Right Turn: Climate change: Ending oil
I/S at No Right Turn writes: “Fossil fuels are the primary cause of climate change. A significant chunk of those fossil fuels are burned in cars, so if we want to beat climate change, we need to stop doing that. And today, the French government signalled that it would do just that, announcing that it would ban the sale of petrol and diesel-fuelled cars by 2040″
Open Mike 09/07/2017
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Barclay goes to ground as police investigation widens to include Nat board member
Updates from the #debarclay – Under-investigation MP Todd Barclay has dropped off the public radar and Police to investigate board member over Todd Barclay saga.
Open Mike 08/07/2017
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Daily Review 07/07/2017
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Open Mike 07/07/2017
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Daily Review 06/07/2017
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Labour and National government spending
Open Mike 06/07/2017
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Daily Review 05/07/2017
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NRT: Everybody knows the dice are loaded…
I/S at No Right Turn writes: “Around the world, we’ve seen a backlash against political establishments, driven in part by a recognition that economic and political systems are rigged to the advantage of the rich. And we have the same sentiments in New Zealand”
Open Mike 05/07/2017
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Daily Review 04/07/2017
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