Govt backs tax cheats
There is $4 billion in overdue tax owing. Every dollar of that means someone is pocketing cash that should be paying for schools, […]
Social issues
Stand up for free speech, stand against Bully State
As you know, when Natasha Fuller and Jennifer Johnston spoke up against the Key government’s cancelling of the Training Incentive Allowance, Paula Bennett […]
Uncowed
Shh. Hear that sound? It’s National’s mud throwing machine gearing up again. Inevitably, they’ve released Labour’s ministers’ spending. No evidence of any rort but […]
Flippin’ Bill
According to the Companies Office, Bill English lives at an address in Karori in Wellington. This address is publicly available on the Companies […]
DL Dannevirke (I kid you not)
The Drinking Liberally empire keeps on growing. Tomorrow there’s an event in Wellington, and Dannevirke, the newest chapter, has its first event on […]
One law for all?
Are you? a disgraced former minister who resigned from Parliament in shame? a National MP who rents from a National minister (Judith Collins […]
DL Wellington with David Cunliffe
Drinking Liberally is on again in Wellington this Thursday (that’s tomorrow), with guest speaker David Cunliffe on the opposition’s inquiry into bank profiteering. […]
Worth the Bill
What would you call it when you collect $900 a week by false pretenses? What would you call it when you tell the Electoral […]
Taito guilty
No surprises and a good outcome. That man betrayed everyone who ever supported and trusted him. He exemplifies how power can corrupt, something […]
Section 59 and child abuse
Late last week households around the country received their referendum envelope that asks “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be […]
One of these things is not like the other VI
One of these things is not like the other One of these things is not quite the same. Can you guess which one […]
Accountability
According to the Herald Paula Bennett has said she will apologise if the complaint to the privacy commissioner is upheld. I would have […]
Youth Court Judge speaks out, sky doesn’t fall
A couple of weeks ago Justice Minister Simon Power slammed Chief Justice Sian Elias for commenting on possibilities of change in the criminal […]
The Herald soils its pulpit
Thundering from the pulpit is a fine old editorial tradition, and The Herald has often held forth on the rule of law. Starting […]
Wee gripes: doublethink
If you read Kiwiblog or listen to talkback radio (basically the same thing – smart guy baiting reactionaries for his political ends) then […]
Horrific and ugly
That’s what Bennett is calling the Right’s attacks on the women she released confidential information about. As if she didn’t know that would […]
Fishy
Here’s one of the solo mothers targeted by Bennett appearing on Checkpoint last evening. She’s angry and eloquent and clearly aware of the […]
Bully State
NZPA reports: An MP from government confidence and supply party ACT today told prison officers who spoke out against private prisons that they […]
Apologists
Picture this: Anchor “and now we go live to whatsherface outside the High Court in Christchurch to tell us the latest in the […]
Beware of unbridled government
‘Beware’ that was Mary Wilson’s conclusion to her interview with Paula Bennett yesterday. The audio is here: Beware of Bully Bennett – Beware […]
Sunday reading: Life in sub-prime America
Exiled Online, a US site, has excellent coverage of the recession and the sub-prime crisis from a ground-level view. Yasha Levine moved to […]
Nats grandstanding on legal reform
Today we saw Justice Minister Simon Power get a front-page story for proposing a ‘reform‘ of the justice system that is actually just […]
The reform that wasn’t there
Justice Minister Simon Power: I believe we need to have an open debate about the way in which sexual violence cases are conducted. […]
DL Wgtn and Palmy tonight
No Right Turn reminds us: Drinking Liberally is happening tonight in both Wellington and Palmerston North. In Wellington, the guest speaker will be […]
Provoking change
Good interview with Labour’s Justice spokesperson, Lianne Dalziel this morning on her private members Bill in the ballot that would remove the defence of […]
UMR has Len Brown ahead of Banks
UMR’s just released a poll showing Manukau mayor Len Brown as the preferred mayor of the Auckland Super City, slightly ahead of John […]
Justice, provocation, and the media
Provocation is a partial defence to a charge of murder. It reduces murder to manslaughter if the jury accepts that actions of the […]
Says it all really
You pricks decided what you were going to do and you’re not listening to me or anybody else. . . You people are […]
DL Wgtn this Thursday
Short notice, but just got this in from the Drinking Liberally Wellington crew: This week Drinking Liberally is hosting Geoff Keey from Greenpeace. […]
Recession’s ‘rough edges’ hit families – no help from govt
Labour leader Phil Goff has called for a temporary relaxation of the rules for getting the dole. Too many Kiwis on low and […]
“Creeping communism” a success
Missed this from a couple of days ago: For the first time in 25 years, the incomes of those in lower brackets grew […]
Roundtable dog-waggers come back!
Roger Kerr, official spokesman for the ACT-National-Roundtable government, today announced the formation of a Productivity Commission to be headed by Don Brash, a […]
Keith Locke on tasers
Green MP Keith Locke investigates the claims of safety for tasers, and finds that other countries are concerned that the devices are not […]
Elias is right, will we listen?
The rednecks have predictably got themselves into a tizzy over Chief Justice Sian Elias’s comments on the need for judicial reform. I think […]
Simon says
Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias has kicked off a debate on whether our justice policy is working [PDF link]. Her view is that […]
Drinking Liberally Palmy
Drinking Liberally Palmy’s having their first event of the year at the Brewers Apprentice bar on July 23. Head over, have a pint […]