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Open mike 18/02/2024
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Where Oz goes, we go? To war with China?
Testifying to the Defence Select Committee last week, Air Marshal Short said Australia was "reshaping" its Defence Force for "a singular threat from a singular direction." This was described as being an oblique reference to China. AM Short went on to say: "They are putting…
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Get ready for your water to be privatised
This week National has passed legislation through Parliament dismantling Three Waters. I have always struggled to understand its opposition. The country's water systems are in very poor shape. Far too many people have been poisoned. The infrastructure is crumbling before our eyes. In our major cities water and sewerage…
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Open mike 17/02/2024
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Daily review 16/02/2024
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Open mike 16/02/2024
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Daily review 15/02/2024
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Open mike 15/02/2024
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Daily review 14/02/2024
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Open mike 14/02/2024
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A sad lament from the serial left
Attacking leftists attempts to expose the Atlas Network of right-wing think tanks, Chris Trotter offers this gem “Morally speaking, is taking money from oil companies really all that distinguishable from giving money to oil companies every time we fill up our petrol tank?” He goes…
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National and the Gutting of Local Democracy
We have remarkably little democracy left in New Zealand. Prior to 1989 we had hundreds of little borough councils, from Kaitaia to Glen Eden to Winton. We had County Councils from the Bay of Islands to Stewart Island. We had dozens of others called Town…
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Daily review 13/02/2024
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A Trump-led Withdrawal from NATO
Just as he did in 2017, Trump is clear in 2023 that the United States should withdraw from NATO. Trump has a reasonable shot at winning the United States Presidential elections in November, and with a likely stronger Republican hold on the Senate he really…
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Open mike 13/02/2024
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Daily review 12/02/2024
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Who are the four lobbyists with Parliamentary swipe cards?
Well call me surprised. National has reversed Labour's tightening of rules around lobbyists and have given four lobbyists Parliamentary swipe cards. And refused to say who they are. In April of last year then Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced the rules relating to swipe cards would be…
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Open mike 12/02/2024
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