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Thames Lawyer Denis Tegg has been doing some sterling work in unravelling what the GCSB is up to. He has recently been able to persuade Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn to investigate whether the GCSB is using increased awareness of mass surveillance as a legal…
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I/S at No Right Turn on the way that National is manipulating official environmental reporting to try and conceal the damage... This does not bode well The Local Government and Environment Committee is due to report back today on National's Environmental Reporting Bill. One of the…
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In a world where climate change threatens our civilisation's existence and where the plummeting price of oil means that even the most accessible wells are struggling to be price competitive you would think that a sensible government would refuse to allow deep sea oil drilling…
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One factor so far missed in the acres of coverage of the weekend's by-election has been the behaviour of the main party leaders. Andrew Little was there in Northland with his candidate Willow Prime, owning the call that he made and what he asked of…
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Congratulations to Labour for a very clever strategy in the Northland by-election - lulling and gulling John Key into thinking they were going to run a conventional proxy-partyvote campaign, where National would have the upper hand. Key, the rockstar politician, also thought Andrew Little would…
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You have until 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday 31 March) to make a submission to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee on their post-election review of our voting system. ActionStation have provided an online submission form and compiled some ideas: Civics education Compulsory voting (with a "no…
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If this is accurate it is good news for the RMA and good news for NZ... Key to 'rip up' RMA plans Prime Minister John Key says there is no doubt the Government will have to go back to the drawing board on its Resource…
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Hey, all you folk angry with Aussie cricket team sledging - how do you put up with John Key PM?
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National made many specific mistakes of course, but arrogance is the thread running through all of them: (1) There would not have been a Northland by election without National's arrogance. They put Sabin forward in the 2014 general election knowing that there were "rumours" hanging…
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