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Written By: - Date published: 4:40 pm, April 12th, 2016 - 66 comments
Well well well.
Written By: - Date published: 12:31 pm, April 12th, 2016 - 77 comments
John Key’s solution to the exposure of his ludicrous claims that New Zealand has full disclosure on foreign trusts nor is tax haven, is to appoint an expert in tax avoidance as the so-called “independent expert” to review the laws. As fallout from the “Panama Papers” has escalated and the prime minister’s claims are seen […]
Written By: - Date published: 11:14 am, April 12th, 2016 - 42 comments
I know this won’t happen, but still…
Written By: - Date published: 8:41 am, April 12th, 2016 - 37 comments
Don Brash has been resuscitated and is complaining about privilege and preferential treatment. Not of rich old white people like himself but because Maori rights to Taonga may be recognised.
Written By: - Date published: 8:08 am, April 12th, 2016 - 46 comments
Not our PM, the UK’s David Cameron. Our PM is under pressure to do the same, but refuses. He claims that all his taxes are “beyond reporach”. But he has form (TranzRail shares) on lying about his financial affairs.
Written By: - Date published: 2:30 pm, April 11th, 2016 - 20 comments
While Key is fighting to make sure our country remains a haven for his rich mates, he’s about to hit you and I with yet another tax. I don’t have a problem with taxes, but I do take issue with the hypocrisy.
Written By: - Date published: 6:51 am, April 11th, 2016 - 289 comments
John Key personally directed the 2011 law change that turned NZ into an attractive tax haven.
It’s part of a complicated context involving his failed plan to turn NZ into a “financial hub”.
Written By: - Date published: 10:33 am, April 10th, 2016 - 56 comments
Young Labour member and regular TS reader TheSocialDemocrat has drawn up a manifesto for change. As neo-liberalism enters its twilight phase, now is the time to redefine the debate about what makes a society great.
Written By: - Date published: 7:13 am, April 10th, 2016 - 120 comments
Yesterday The Nation interviewed the Centre for Public Integrity’s Peter Bale about the inevitability of New Zealanders being implicated by the Panama Papers.
Written By: - Date published: 1:00 pm, April 9th, 2016 - 50 comments
The Auckland local government race isn’t the only one where begging is becoming a top issue.
Written By: - Date published: 11:57 am, April 9th, 2016 - 62 comments
Good shit happening in France.
Written By: - Date published: 3:18 pm, April 8th, 2016 - 4 comments
Okay. So rumoour has it that John was merely a co-writer.
Written By: - Date published: 11:34 am, April 8th, 2016 - 85 comments
The Christchurch rebuild gets its second fail grade from Treasury. And what of the rebuild work that has been done with failed reinforcing steel?
Written By: - Date published: 7:40 am, April 8th, 2016 - 43 comments
Why does it take a volunteer organisation like Auckland Action Against Poverty to help people get the benefits that they are entitled to?
Written By: - Date published: 7:03 am, April 8th, 2016 - 18 comments
The cycle of corrupt money. 100% tax haven. And we’re being put to shame by Panama.
Written By: - Date published: 11:58 am, April 7th, 2016 - 52 comments
The transfer of part of Kiwibank to the Cullen Fund will inevitably lead to its privatisation, no matter what the Government says.
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, April 7th, 2016 - 18 comments
The Panama Papers highlight a significant problem for the countries of the world. The actions of the 1% is robbing countries throughout the world of funds needed to run their countries and underlines that the capitalist system is based on greed. Most leaders see this but not John Key.
Written By: - Date published: 6:31 am, April 7th, 2016 - 122 comments
Key has made it clear that he doesn’t care that NZ is operating as an international tax haven. When The Greens called for action he called them “barking mad”. But last night President Obama called for international action on tax reform. What will Key do now?
Written By: - Date published: 11:36 am, April 6th, 2016 - 149 comments
This morning Michael Cullen announced plans to sell 45% of Kiwibank.
Written By: - Date published: 9:13 am, April 5th, 2016 - 42 comments
John Key and National are floundering and trying urgently to work out what lines they should use concerning the release of the Panama Papers.
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, April 5th, 2016 - 66 comments
Deborah Russell provides expert analysis and commentary on the treatment of foreign trusts in New Zealand and how there is actually a loophole.
Written By: - Date published: 7:01 am, April 5th, 2016 - 29 comments
The Panama Papers show that NZ operates a tax haven. Key’s denials don’t hold up, particularly in the light of at least two three prior warnings that his government has received.
Written By: - Date published: 9:19 am, April 4th, 2016 - 92 comments
A huge leak of confidential documents which reveals how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth suggests that New Zealand plays its part.
Written By: - Date published: 1:09 pm, April 3rd, 2016 - 13 comments
The west continues to hold a lock on global wealth. Africa and India remain desperately poor. China has built a burgeoning working class and middle class.
Written By: - Date published: 9:19 pm, April 1st, 2016 - 84 comments
Oliver Stone says that the fascism and corruption of big money has poisoned US politics. And Hilary Clinton has embraced it.
Written By: - Date published: 10:10 am, April 1st, 2016 - 40 comments
Yesterday 2800 state houses in Auckland were “transferred” to a new authority, which plans to “reduce the number of people the State is supporting”.
Written By: - Date published: 8:01 am, April 1st, 2016 - 221 comments
Imperator Fish warns us of the terrifying cost of Labour’s UBI.
It’s even worse than you think.
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, March 31st, 2016 - 117 comments
Labour’s discussion of a possible UBI is still generating debate.
Written By: - Date published: 11:27 am, March 30th, 2016 - 31 comments
Evidence of growing poverty hitting “mid-decile” schools.
Written By: - Date published: 3:54 pm, March 29th, 2016 - 73 comments
Two headline job losses today underline the importance of Labour’s Future of Work.
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