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It's interesting to see Fran O'Sullivan, fresh from attacking the Boag faction and praising Collins over the ACC affair, now having a crack at Joyce's crony capitalism. Without doubt, Joyce's dirty deal is a juicy target for his internal critics and an example of this…
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Two recent pieces in The Herald are a study in opposites. This one by John Roughan is truly awful - so far divorced from reality that I'd call it unprofessional: National defies the pundits For months they have been saying the gloss has gone, that…
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Perhaps it has been a misnomer talking about the Boag faction in the Nat Civil War. Boag has the networks and money but it's the man she brought into Parliament in 2002 that Collins will have to roll if she wants to be PM before…
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No Right Turn on another sad chapter for democracy in NZ. Voting against democracy Two years ago, the National Party repealed democracy in Canterbury, replacing the elected Canterbury Regional Council with a clique of unelected dictators. Last night, Labour finally managed to bring a bill to reverse that…
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It's the annual Easter ritual: Shops caught breaching trading law Twenty-two shops across the country have been caught flouting the Good Friday Easter trading laws, according to the Labour Department. The breaches come in the wake of a new poll which shows opinion is split…
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3 years on and Crusher Collins has yet to crush a single car. There's one car meant to be crushed. But it turns out PC Plod got tricked into seizing some old wreck instead of the car in question. So, cars crushed by 'Crusher', as…
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Here's a puzzle for Friday. If you get it - don't tell (hint if you must). Science will not help you!
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The Nat's misguided austerity program is stiffling prospects of recovery. The tax take is down, there's no money, and they made the last election all about getting back into surplus by 2013/14. Put it all together and it adds up to another "zero budget". Vernon…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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I'm just starting a set of upgrades and updates tonight. Don't get too surprised if the system is off briefly over the Easter weekend. First chance I have had to do maintenance work since the election. BTW: Nice to see the Morgan poll today. It is…
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Green Party MPs Catherine Delahunty and Gareth Hughes invite you to a series of hui to discuss the Government’s broad “drill it, mine it” agenda for Aotearoa – what’s happening, what does it mean to our environment and communities and how do we stop it.…
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It turns out until recently King salmon couldn't sell all the product they were producing, this could have been a major problem, as they are applying to National's newly set up Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) or (Kangaroo court as I like to call it) to…
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On Monday, Key said his tax cuts have been "literally fiscally neutral". In Parliament yesterday, Russel Norman showed Treasury documents showing the 2010 tax changes were to forecast to cost $1.1b in 4 years, actually cost $1.1b in 9 months, and the cost has grown…
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Yesterday RNZ reported: Govt refusing to release advice on pokies The Government is refusing to disclose official advice about a proposal to increase the number of gaming machines at Sky City casino in Auckland as part of a deal to build a new convention centre.…
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Darien Fenton has announced a members bill that would put public ports back on the Official Information Act. They were effectively removed in 1980's - presumably because they were being prepared for privatisation. It's outrageous that billions of dollars worth of public assets can be…
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Update: Labour had accused Banks of not declaring the $15,000 donation from SkyCity as required under local government electoral law. The law is strict. If he is charged and convicted he'll be kicked out of Parliament. Key will have to take his portfolios if Banks…
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Back in 2009 National told us that their tax cuts for the rich were "fiscally neutral". It didn't sound likely, and some of us said so at the time. The excellent Keith Ng at Public Address ferreted out the details: This is actually a tax…
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Against the will of the Fonterra farmer Shareholder's Association, National is trying to destroy Fonterra's cooperative model on vague grounds about access to capital. The end result will be the one world-leading, world-scale company we have, which brings in 20% of our export earnings, will…
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NZ milk production has apparently risen by 30% since 2005. And, according to sources used by frenz.co.nz, back in 2006 over 14 billion liters of milk and 1.2 billion kilograms of milk solids (were) being processed by dairy companies annually That's a lot of milk…
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Key says Defamation Act requires a plaintiff to sue within five working days (I can't actually find the section of the Act that says that, but who am I to argue with such a legal mind?). That makes today Crushed Collins' last day to sue.…
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Rookie Green MP Julie Anne Genter, a transport planning expert before entering Parliament, gave Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee, whose qualification for the job is that he used to teach kids to make wooden toy cars, a sharp lesson in transport policy in the House yesterday.…
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Talley's has sunk to a new low in the AFFCO lockout. Not content with trying to starve out 1,000 workers and force them to accept 20% pay cuts, Talley's-owned AFFCO meatworks are planning to lockout hundreds more workers on the Easter statutory holidays - just…
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This article was referred to me by my partner, who enjoys watching me pace around our house occasionally crying out “I MEAN, SERIOUSLY?” Furious Devonport residents are threatening to occupy a naval base in a move usually used by Maori to draw attention to disputed…
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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. The Finance Minister has confirmed that Treasury is yet again revising its budgetary estimates. Bill English has long predicted that the government's books will be in surplus…
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Something to do in Auckland tonight: What: Special screening of The Muppets Where: Hoyts Sylvia Park, Mt Wellington When: Tonight, April 3rd, 6.10pm to 8.30pm Don't let those muppets at the Ports of Auckland get you down, come laugh at the real Muppets instead! Some…
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