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Dear Chris I can't say that you were my preferred choice as Labour leader but that is the position that you hold. A great deal hangs on how you perform in the next few months and can I wish you the best and all strength.…
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We need to recognise our risk to the capital flight risk of the 1%, but also recognise the benefit to the 99% of us. The Green Party summarised moves in tax are: • 2.5% Wealth Tax on assets worth more than $4million (minus debt) for…
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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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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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National's Nicola Willis has claimed that Labour will soon announce policy to take GST off fresh fruit and vegetables. While this should be taken with a considerable grain of salt, as it is coming from National, Chris Hipkins has not refuted it. Time will tell.…
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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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Some guidelines about current moderation. I'm writing this from my perspective as a moderator on The Standard. Other moderators may take a different approach, but I think what I am about to say is a reasonable guide for how we manage to keep the commentariat…
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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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Green Party press release from Eugenie Sage. __________________________________________________________________ The Green Party is disappointed tonight that the Government has voted down Eugenie Sage’s members’ bill to stop new mining on conservation land. The time is now for a government that takes conservation seriously. “Aotearoa is home…
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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 …
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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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Parliament can be something of a hell hole for its inhabitants. The extent of how much it is a hellhole was laid bare by the Debbie Francis Report into bullying and harassment in Parliament. Her conclusion was that bad that she recommended that a confidential…
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It does not mean they are not worth trying; it means they will be fights against entrenched power. If you take a small plane from Queenstown to Stewart Island on a clear day you have about as vivid an illustration of the difficulty of Green…
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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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This does not help. Kiritapu Allan has been fired as a Minister after being charged with reckless driving, resisting arrest and driving in breach of alcohol limits last night. On the face of it she clearly failed the attitude test. This suggests that her decision…
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New Zealand Green Party co-leader James Shaw knocked it out of the park with his speech to members at the party's election campaign launch yesterday. Video below starts around 19m. Speech transcript is here. It's always worth listening to the Greens in their own words…
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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 …