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National list MP and Kelston candidate Claudette has announced that she is resigning from politics. In a tersely worded press release she has confirmed that she will not stand again and that she will not make any further statement. This morning as I drove around West…
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Reposted from Polity. An interesting idea out of the US for how to fairly tax multinationals around the world: First, have them declare a worldwide profit, netting off worldwide sales and worldwide qualifying expenses1 Second, find out where they made their sales. Third, apportion the profit to…
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David Cunliffe has announced Labour's Regional Development policy today. Labour will work in partnership with regions and put $200 million into a Regional Growth Fund fund to resource regional projects that will create jobs and drive local initiative. David Cunliffe said in his speech to…
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Reposted from No Right Turn. The political weekend: the Greens announce serious, sensible, and popular policy, Internet-Mana packs out another public meeting, andLabour's self-mutilation continues: However, Labour MPS are disgusted by Cunliffe's skiing holiday just two months before the election and will question his work ethic at…
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Reposted from Polity. The poll of polls is up to date, including all four of this week’s snapshots. As readers know, I don't like to sugarcoat this stuff, so to start with the obvious: The picture ain’t pretty if you want positive change in New…
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The Herald's use of sub headings needs a real rethink. It ran a Cameron Slater sourced smear this morning and talked about Cunliffe meeting a prominent New Zealander who had been given name suppression on charges of performing an indecent act. The juxtaposition of the photo to the…
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Voter turnout has been falling steadily across the western world in recent decades, and not least in New Zealand. We have a proud record of high turnouts in general elections, but even here, we dipped below 80% in 2008 and fell further to a post-war…
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On Sunday mornings a group of dedicated activists and I attend Avondale Market in Auckland. We hand out material, give Labour balloons to kids and talk politics to anyone who wants to. We ask if people are on the electoral roll and fill out forms…
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