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I write this with some experience; I was a union advocate for some Parliamentary Services staff, my partner was a delegate for Parliamentary Services and lost his job after an election, I employed staffers while an MP, and I was an Associate Whip. While MPs…
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Stuff's major investigation into the protests at parliament in February was published today. You can read their backgrounder on why they made it here. The investigation is divided into five parts, A feature length documentary Democracy on the Edge: How the mainstreaming of extreme politics…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Self described tough man Leo Molloy has found the going too tough and has pulled out of the Auckland mayoralty race. The cause was allegedly the release of a Curia poll which showed Molloy's support sagging. From Radio New Zealand: Auckland businessman Leo Molloy has…
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There are necessary bastards in political life, and in developed democracies compared to everywhere else ours are gentle as lambs. Sure these animals get fictionalised like those in Chief of Staff, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl8YMGaQRKI Borgen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKduYvZ1TYo House of Cards, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvSkxBYuoQY Or The Thick of It. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1wr0UB0hhU Bastards…
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Guest post by Harriet. Following on from the post Should therapists and counsellors speak about the medicalisation of gender non-conforming children? this post looks at the key note speaker address at CATA's Children, Adolescents and Gender - Impacts of transgender ideology Conference. Links supplied by…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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greens.org.nz press release Bill to ban mining on conservation land pulled from biscuit tin 2 minutes Following months of work by the Green Party and community and environmental organisations, Parliament will have the opportunity to pass legislation to protect public conservation land and waters from…
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I am going to exercise my author's privilege and plagiarise this post that I wrote in 2018 which is still relevant. The three strikes legislation, the brainchild of dead baby identity stealing former ACT MP David Garrett, is no more. The legislation was a sports slogan…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Allegations of inappropriate behaviour being made public always run a risk. Sometimes they reflect a one off episode of bad behaviour. There is nothing better to deal with this than a serious attempt at atonement unaffected by calculations of personal interest. Other times they are…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Crises that profoundly test a small developed state like New Zealand have required huge growth in state strength and policy power. But was it the change we needed? In April 2020 few knew how deep the COVID crisis would go. Would it liquidate our jobs,…
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I wrote a post with the same heading just over a year ago. To be frank I could not believe our (lefties) luck. National kept selecting these weird candidates, mostly male Alpha sorts who kept on screwing up badly. Who can forget the following: Richard…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …