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The government selling off prime real estate to the governing party. It sounds like something out of a banana republic. But it's here. The National Party (via several fronts) has bought the former Prime Ministerial/ministerial residence at 41 Pipitea St from the Crown. Peters says…
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There's a Guardian-led campaign in the UK at the moment over "zero-hour contracts." Zero-hour contracts are like some at the Port of Auckland (and the port company want them all to be): no guaranteed hours, on-call at a moment's notice, no job security, but no…
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On friday I noted to myself that in our long tradition of marking comment milestones that I should write a post about a milestone in comments by the end of the weekend. So belatedly, here it is... Eddie predicted back in December 2012 with that we'd…
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We're living a lie in New Zealand. We tell ourselves and we tell the world that we're this amazingly environmentally conscious and sustainable country when, in fact, we've turned most of it into a giant farm, most of the rivers are unsafe to swim due…
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A timely press release from the Law Society. Here it is in full: GCSB Bill remains flawed despite proposed changes Proposed changes to the GCSB Bill represent minor improvements but do not address the fundamental flaws in the bill and the legislation should not proceed,…
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The Government Communications and Security Amendment Bill or to use its real name the Increased Spying and Hand Our Metadata over to the Americans Bill is the first bill in line to be debated today in Parliament according to today's order paper. As at the…
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The world has become a very strange place when NZ is getting lectured by China. Problem is, they aren't wrong. 100% Pure 'festering sore' - China news sites China's state-run news agency has delivered a sharp critique of New Zealand in the wake of Fonterra's…
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The evidence on why John Key and his government cannot be trusted with their spying power just keeps adding up. That power is used indiscriminately and inappropriately. Journalists spied on so far include Andrea Vance, Jon Stephenson, and now, so we learned in the weekend,…
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Rupert's at it again. The Murdoch media, notably the Australian, but also Sky News, were vicious in their pursuit of Gillard but it wasn't personal. Now they're after Rudd. And with Rudd as well, it isn't personal or even political, it's business as usual. Content…
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They came for the unions/workers, and the journalists didn't care,. They came for the poor, the sick, and the old, and the journalists didn't care. They came for the young, and the unemployed, and the journalists still supported them. The sold out our country, and…
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Last Wednesday, Campbell Live began a promised series of programmes over the coming month, each based around one Big Issue that impact on all new Zealanders. On Wednesday night, CL's 3 segments focused on different angles of the issue of public versus private transport, and…
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The information on which products are at risk from the Fonterra botulism scare has taken far too long to come out. Thanks 3 News for this list (so far): Several products have been recalled in New Zealand, including two of Nutricia's Karicare formulas. ... "None…
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As widely reported, Australia is off to the polls on Sept 7th. Rudd sets poll date as Labor support peaks Australia will go to the polls on September 7, ending weeks of speculation and narrowing polls since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's return to power in…
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Welcome to John Key's "Brighter Future". Here are some headlines: Violation speaks ill of our democracy ...It also speaks of something very sick and rotten at the heart of the country's democracy. ... Time to get a grip on politics for our own good ...Strip…
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