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So the Key-Dunne spying Bill is now law. The privacy of your electronic communications now depends on the favour of an untrustworthy PM, and the best efforts of a legal system (much derided by said PM) in interpreting a confused mess of a law /…
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John Key may make promises about how future Prime Ministers will issue warrants, he may make promises about how the law will be interpreted - but he's not in a position to make those promises. Similarly his promise that he'll resign if there's mass surveillance…
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The GCSB and Related Legislation Amendment Bill is a dog's breakfast of a law, that confuses as much as it clarifies. John Key, in claiming the Bill will not enable wholesale spying on New Zealanders, issued a statement pledging he would not allow that to…
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Groklaw has been an inspirational blog for many with an interest in geekery or the law. I read it daily during the years of the SCO trial. PJ and her team were and are amazing - they had significant input into the legal case that…
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Forget the hypotheticals - the likely future for journalism under the GCSB Bill was revealed in Britain when David Miranda, partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, was detained by British police for nine hours under Britain's Terrorism Act while in transit through London on his…
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John Key (the PM who has on multiple occasions overspent the budget on his own protection staff) really dug himself a hole when he accused opposition leaders of wanting to "run for the hills" in case of a terrorist attack. Not only did David Shearer…
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Check out crossthefloor.co.nz (#crossthefloor) for a resource to send email or tweets to a shortlist of government MPS who just might discover their conscience, cross the floor, and kill the spying bill. As the Key government comes more and more to resemble the latter days…
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We know that only 2.5% of Kiwis bought shares in Mighty River Power (despite 400,000 registering to buy). English now talks of 'tens of thousands' buying Meridian shares. This ain't no widespread ownership - it's the few buying and the many losing ownership. So far,…
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Hey John, how much public money are you going to pay the wealthy to “buy” our assets? (And how just desperate are you…?) The announcement yesterday that JK and his buddy Bill have come up with a scheme to give interest-free “bridging loans” to the…
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John Key's fear tactics backfired badly when he tried to smear David Shearer... PM accuses Shearer of terrorism fear Labour leader David Shearer has slammed prime minister John Key's claims he would "run for the hills" in a terrorist attack, saying the last time he…
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This afternoon in Question Time, John Key has refused to answer Russel Norman's supplementary to Question One, asking if the GCSB has received any funding from the US. Key says it's not in the country's interest to answer. This question follows revelations in the UK…
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Maurice Williamson, of "big gay rainbow" fame, is still showing good form on marriage equality...
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Much has been written about John Campbell's interview with Key on Campbell live last week. Some have chosen to describe it in gladiatorial terms and have suggested that Key was the winner. Because he looked more confident and more assertive in an alpha male sort…
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The Auckland Town Hall was full - nearly 2000 people - for the GCSB protest last night (with more people being turned away at the doors). Update - full video of the whole event (all speakers) is now up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsn3VXl2xE0 This meeting comes…
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Not the usual Roy Morgan post on a poll, but this summary of recent polls contains previously unpublished data to August 11. National 44 (down 7) Labour 34 (up 5) Greens 14 (up 4) No significant changes in the other parties Roy Morgan is an…
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Final reminder of the pro-privacy anti-spying meeting tonight. Also worth noting in this context is Alastair Thompson's excellent open letter to Peter Dunne. Read it. Will Dunne be a hero?
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As inspired by Toby Manhire...
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The second of the weekend's must-read pieces. This one is by Vikram Kumar (CEO of Mega) published in the NBR. Here are some extracts: Revealed: govt plans secret orders to service providers once spy bill becomes law [Since the the first draft of the legislation,…
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National's desperately racing to lock in Transmission Gully and the Puhoi to Wellsford Holiday Highway ahead of the election, in case they lose. Those two projects are nearly half of their $12 billion 'roads of national significance', 300km of roads costing an outrageous $40,000 per…
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The first of two required reading pieces from the weekend. Financial journalist Rod Oram sums up the Nats' economic performance in an excellent piece in the SST. Here are some extracts: Full speed going backwards ...Our driverless Government is taking us for a ride. Guided…
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Happy Marriage Equality Day everyone! Here are a couple of tweets form last night...
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