Daily review 20/02/2024

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  1. 1

    Congratulations to Barbara Edmonds on her new role, taking on Nicola Willis in Finance. She is more than qualified for the job. It also finishes off Willis' one line of attack: "The big bad previous minister yada yadda yadda …".

    Eventually Labour will have a new tax policy, and they can work on it without the baggage of "rule out" left by Ardern, Robertson and Hipkins. (All 3 of them were very talented, but specifically on CGT and tax in general they were spooked, at great cost to Labour's fortunes).

  3. 3

    Yay us.

    New Zealand is number two on the list, with an
    expected annual loss of 0.7%; however, its high
    insurance penetration levels means it remains well
    protected. After the Christchurch earthquake of 2011,
    which caused damage equivalent to 14% of the
    country’s GDP, the country has suffered from further
    seismic events and several significant floods.

    @PaulBrislen

    Lloyd's says New Zealand is the second most risky country in the world from a natural disaster point of view. https://assets.lloyds.com/assets/pdf-llo

    https://twitter.com/PaulBrislen/status/1759391752799326577

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      This all began when whistle-blowing in the USA failed. The only path left was leaking to journalists – but publishers were pressured into blocking publication. The resort was then to leak to multiple publications (and then run to a place with no extradition treaty), or find another means of dissemination – a platform like WikiLeaks.

      Assange is charged with helping Manning work out a password to access information (Espionage Act 1917 and computer fraud) .

      Obama commuted Manning's prison term to 7 years (sentenced for 35 years) in 1917.

      The Trump White House sought extradition to stand trial in the USA (espionage and computer fraud).

      The purpose of it all is to block the utility of platforms like WikiLeaks – these days leaks go to Russia and then get published via RT etc.

      There is this criticism of Assange.

      https://www.journalistsfreedom.com/julian-assange-arrest/

      The wider issue is the risk of the extradition to stand trial for “political crimes” against a nation state one is not a citizen of.

      https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/20/julian-assange-appeals-in-most-important-press-freedom-case-in-the-world

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