Drinking Liberally Auckland – the future of Auckland governance
Join all your favourite lefty liberal drinkers at Drinking Liberally Auckland When: 7pm, Wednesday 29 April Where: London Bar – corner Queen and […]
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Budget 2009: Why not tax the rich?
With the Government openly preparing the public for spending cuts in the upcoming Budget, No Right Turn reminds us that there are alternatives […]
Don’t fear the reaper
The Government’s response to the recession so far has been to curl up in a ball and hope it will go away. Incredibly, […]
Where’s my pony?
Umm, some posts we get sent are a bit quirky. Enjoy. _____________________________ OK. I’ll confess. I’m one of the ones who fell for […]
Look Mum they stole my city …
After the success of the meetings about the super-city in Waitakere and Manakau yesterday, here are a few more of interest in date […]
When is the required referendum?
I agree with the title of the Herald’s editoral today: “Let citizens have say on Super City“. Unfortunately, the editoral itself is wishy-washy. […]
What plan? Government incoherent
Peeking through the OECD policy brief there were some interesting issues when looking at the short-term economic issues over the next few years. […]
Nats still involved in dodgy donations
The Herald covers some of the donations to parties and candidates before the election. One of the big donors was the Road Transport […]
NZ’s debt in perspective
Remember when John Key used to say “New Zealand has a growth problem, not a debt problem”? He doesn’t say that anymore, which […]
Mana enhancement
The Maori Party MPs always read from pre-prepared speeches in the House. Here’s one they might like to read on Budget Day: We […]
Obscene
Rob Fyfe, CEO of Air New Zealand has seen a pay rise of 93%. The Herald reports that before his pay was frozen […]
Reminder: DL Wgtn tonight
If you’re not fleeing the city for the long weekend like every other sane person, Drinking Liberally Wellington is on at the Southern […]
DL Wellington next week
Metiria Turei is at Drinking Liberally next week. Thursday, April 9, 5:30 at Southern Cross. Nice new logo too. Meanwhile, here’s Andrew Little from […]
Herald cartoonist bereft of ideas?
Seeing some of Rod Emmerson’s cartoons in the Herald over 2009 thus far, you’d think we were into the Right’s nightmare of a […]
Mission-On off
If the definition of PC is doing things because they fit an ideology, not because they make sense, then it’s clear National and […]
A sheep in wolves’ clothing
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark when senior journalists like Fran O’Sullivan feel that they have to provide public relations advice […]
Anna Bligh wins Labor fifth term in Queensland
Queenslanders yesterday elected Labor under Anna Bligh to a fifth term in government. Anna Bligh now becomes the first woman to be elected as […]
Strings attached
I’d always thought Westies were the type to do things their own way, so this seems more appropriate in light of today’s RNZ […]
Third party returns
The Electoral Commission has released the third party spending returns for the 2008 election campaign and it looks like for all National and […]
Stewart vs Cramer
Earlier this week, I posted on the feud that erupted when the Daily Show criticised CNBC and the business media. Last night, CNBC’s […]
Job growth in the public sector!
There is one job area where it’s no expense spared for the taxpayer – public relations in the Beehive. Michelle Boag tells the […]
Drinking Liberally Auckland
Just a reminder that Drinking Liberally is on in Auckland again after a hiatus of 5 months. It is just the thing to […]
DL Christchurch, change of speaker, plus other DL events
Labour leader Phil Goff will now be speaking at DL Christchurch this Thursday. Therese Arsenau has moved to a later date. When: 7pm, March […]
The Mad Hatter’s Job Summit
There was a conference going on in the south of the city, and the Prime Minister, the Cheshire Fat Cat, and his cronies […]
Pragmatically, the tax changes need to go
The debate around whether we should go through with National’s tax adjustments (they’re only cuts for the rich, they’re increases for middle and […]
Launch of DL – Dunedin
I’ve just got an email on the launch of the Drinking Liberally chapter in Dunedin: Come raise your spirits as you raise a […]
Brian Easton’s DL talk now online
For those of you who missed Brian Easton’s recent talk on the recession at Drinking Liberally Wgtn (or just couldn’t hear over the […]
DL Wellington with Grant Robertson
Under Patrick’s iron fist, things seem much more organised with DL Wellington. For just about the first time ever, there will be a […]
Web/community
I spent a very fruitful day at webstock in Wellington today listening to some heavy hitters from the US and UK talk about […]
DL Christchurch with Therese Arsenau
Drinking Liberally Christchurch has its first meeting of the new year on March 5, with political commentator and academic Therese Arsenau to speak. […]
Reminder: Drinking Liberally Wgtn tonight
Just got an email through from the team at DL Wellington confirming that tonight’s event with Brian Easton is on despite the rain […]
Miro 2.0
Opensource. Free. Cool.
Now with a little perspective
I was going through some of my 2008 files yesterday and got a sudden reminder of just how nuts the right was getting […]
Right desperate to sully Clark legacy
When John Key was elected he was wise enough to be magnanimous in victory, acknowledging Helen Clark’s considerable skill and integrity throughout her […]
Interesting speculations
The Sunday Star Times will probably have an article out tomorrow about the possible nomination of Helen Clark to the position of head […]
Lowering his standards ever lower
Just when Farrar had made me happy, as I explain in this post, and had even been quite funny in his retort, he […]