Tilting at Windmills
The Donald found a real one!
Economy
Posts on the economy, work, business, income, and labour
Ardern and Pelosi.
There is something very wrong with “our” media when it takes a stand-up comedian to alert people to important stuff. But anyway…
Guest post – Breast is best
It is high time we wean ourselves off the indiscriminate use of fossil fuels. We need to grow up.
US Mid Terms; Obama Enters the Ring
America gets ready to rumble in the November mid terms, as Barack Obama enters the ring. At stake is control of both houses and the fate of the Trump presidency.
Public Service Reform
For a country the size of Melbourne, we have a ridiculously complex state, and this layer of accountablility is largely a complete waste of our taxpayer money and degrades our agency as citizens. Can we do better?
Kremlin Killers?
UK Police have named the two Russian spies accused of the Novichok poisonings. But what can Britain do about it?
And the antisemites are…?
UK Labour adopted the IRHA definition of antisemitism in full, and…
Government as startup
This new government is almost perfectly replicating the burn cycle of a startup business.
Parliament and bullying
It should be a qualification of being a Labour Member of Parliament that they treat their worked in an exemplary manner.
Business confidence verses business certainty
Lately the news has been all doom and gloom about business confidence. But what is the reality? And should we worry what an Australian Bank is telling us?
Facing Meka
How should Labour react to the loss of two Ministers in a week? And what would John Key have done?
Simon Bridges says the weirdest things – petrol prices
Simon Bridges has been trying to create a narrative about increasing petrol prices being the fault of the current government. But he has been tweeting an incorrect price and his claims about responsibility have been contradicted by BP.
Litigation and equal pay – a history of the 1950’s equal pay campaign
Forward In 2016 I wrote the below dissertation as part of my History Honours degree at Victoria University. This dissertation explores the 1950s […]
Rental Rights Review
The Labour led Government has announced a review into tenancy laws. It’s about time we balanced the rental market, which has for too long let renters down.
Remembering Chris Morley
On Friday 27 July 2018, Wellington Tramways Union Vice President Chris Morley passed away after a short battle with Cancer, aged 62. Chris had been […]
Period. End. Done.
The Scottish government has just taken a massive step to eradicate period poverty. Why not here?
Turnbull out, Morrison In?
Turnbull out, Morrison or Dutton in? The Australian Liberal Party self flagellation continues in Canberra. Updates as they roll in, cobbers.
UPDATE: Malcolm Turnbull calls press conference at 1PM AEST (3PM in NZ)
UPDATE: Turnbull to quit tomorrow, if ballot called.
UPDATE: Julie Bishop prepares bid.
UPDATE: Scott Morrison wins, Dutton defeated 45-40.
Censorship
It seems that if you’re the right person, harbour the correct thoughts, have the right connections, and you don’t like whatever the political opinion, news or information that’s floating about is, then you can get it banned.
Elizabeth Warren and Accountable Capitalism
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing a law change that would require US corporations to consider its workers and community in company decisions and prevent political donations from being made unless 75% of shareholders agreed.
The Greens. Do We Need ’em?
What’s the point of the Green party? Do we really need them? Really?
Finkelstein on Dame Hodge
“…if any – if any – of the rules that are now being implemented in the Labour Party have any meaning whatsoever… the first person who should be booted out of the Labour Party is Dame Hodge.” – Finkelstein.
No Waimea dam
With the change in Government and ever increasing costs of construction it appears that the Waimea dam project in Tasman District is going to be scuppered.
Building Nations
This Government has probably one term to show progress in dealing with the country’s infrastructure deficit.
What is the RCEP?
It’s time we paid attention to RCEP, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Bludger Bridges
Simon Bridges has blown over $100k of your money in just three months, tiki touring around the country at the taxpayers expense. Nice work if you can get it!
Update: A Shark Jumps Matthew Hooton. Live on Twitter!
A Thousand Words
…in a single graph.
Propaganda Wars.
No-one reading this blog would willfully offer support to an ideology that’s killing people, right?
Who protects us from water companies?
New Zealand seriously needs a water regulator. Something that will show that each catchment can withstand having that much taken out of it, and that it is being sold for a fair price, and ensures everyone has access to beautiful-quality water.
We need more radicals coming here
We need more radical voices again here. But it’s like MMP has turned us once again into the passionless people. It always looks like “hate speech” when you hate it.
Guest post: The end of Neoliberalism – What went wrong?
The Left predicted the death of neoliberalism after the global financial crisis of 2008. But since then inequality has increased and new right nationalism is on the ascendancy. How should the left respond?
The Pied Piper
If we’re living in a global village, is the name of the village Hamelin?
World peace may be needed to deal with climate change
Imagine what we could do about climate change if there were no wars.
Auntie Beeb gets a well deserved skelping.
Censorship kicked into touch.
More speakers arriving
If you felt like being challenged but can’t quite imagine opening your leftie Facebook after going to Laura Southern, you could always open your minds for another for-profit event with a better class of speakers.
Rally Against Racism in Auckland Tonight
There are various protests against the visit of the two Canadian hate speakers in Auckland tonight.
BREAKING NEWS: The owner of the proposed venue, Eden Terrace’s Powerstation, has apparently pulled the plug on the event. And the event organiser’s website says tickets will be refunded.
PLEASE NOTE: The organised protests are still on. Celebrate at Aotea Square at 5.30!
Let them fall
We’ve seen a fair few construction companies go under or get close to it recently.