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For the first time in history, net government debt has passed $50 billion. New Zealand's net international liabilities, the amount New Zealand owes the rest of the world, is also skyrocketing: $140 billion now, $197 billion in 2016. John Key used to say we had…
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It's not Helen's dad but former Scottish TUC Leader Pat Kelly who will speak at St John's this Tuesday 21st at 6pm on his book Scotland's Radical Exports - Scottish expats who led unions and Labour around the world. All welcome.
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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has said that the income gap between New Zealand and Australia may not be as wide as first thought. But there are…
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Was wondering if anything was happening with this reorganisation, since there wasn't anything particularly visible apart from statements in meetings and newsletters that an organisational review would be happening. Young Labour are taking ideas on their website. The Labour website hasn't heard about it yet. …
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The Nats are looking to Queensland for lessons in privatisation. They want to see how incentives for locals to hold on to their shares work. But you don't pay for incentives with magic beans. Any incentives for the few locals who can afford to buy…
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Last night, I saw Kevin Hague on the news talking about mine safety - mining, West Coast, labour rights, and no Labour voice. Same with minimum wage and asset sales. Then there's Metiria Turei getting the kind of cut through on National's corporate welfare and…
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According to the latest 3 News poll, National's long slide has begun: National 47.5 (down 3.3) Labour 29.4 (up 3.4) Green 13.3 NZF 5.0 Conservative 1.4 Maori 1.3 Mana 1.3 ACT 0.2 Had these been the election results, National would not have been able to…
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