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Farewell Cameron – doo, doo, doo, doo!
Of some politicians it can be said that nothing in his career became him like the leaving it. We won't even manage that for David Cameron: https://twitter.com/BBCDanielS/status/752526624722194433
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Nats on HNZ dividend – Yes! No! Maybe!
On Friday Steven Joyce was lecturing us on the necessity of HNZ paying its regular "dividend" to the government (as per the May Budget projections). Over the weekend Labour released its genuinely comprehensive housing policy, and Steven Joyce went in to meltdown on Twitter. Among…
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Open mike 12/07/2016
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Daily Review 11/07/2016
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Maori health and children not a priority
Essential reading, two pieces by Olivia Carville in The Herald today. Lower infant death target slammed A Maori health target for sudden infant death was lowered by Government officials because it was too difficult to achieve - even though Maori babies are five times more…
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What – you mean – the lefties were right?
Trump. Brexit. A rising tide of anger, violence, and political instability. Even "the market" has noticed, according to Liam Dann in the Business Herald: It's a mad, mad world From Britain, to the US to Australia, voters are punishing politicians. Why the anger and what…
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A tale of two housing policies – Steven Joyce writing National’s on Twitter
Housing and homelessness has been top of the public agenda this year. Over the weekend Labour rolled out a genuinely comprehensive response: Build more affordable houses Create an Affordable Housing Authority to fast-track development in our cities ... Build 100,000 affordable homes across the country…
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Jonathan Bachman, Reuters photo from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Open mike 11/07/2016
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