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Open mike 13/10/09
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Lee admits she stole taxpayer money
Just two hours after TV3 revealed that Melissa Lee had stolen $100,000 from NZ on Air, Lee announced she will pay the money back. Just a few hours earlier she had been insisting it was her money, just a confusion over accounting. Her tune has…
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A quick question
Do any health insurance companies fully fund long-term claims in the way ACC is being asked to?
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Lee’s fingers in the till covered up by Coleman
A leak has revealed that Melissa Lee is under investigation for pilfering taxpayers' money. Before the Mt Albert by-election she was cleared of a different rip-off, but it turns out that NZ on Air was still investigating her for keeping $100,000 of contingency funds that should…
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Electoral SM
Philip Temple makes some good points in the Herald today: The Minister of Justice, Simon Power, indicated that he would soon present a paper to Cabinet on the proposed referendum on MMP. Presumably this will hold true to National's election promise, that it will be…
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Nick pulls a Bill
Nick Smith has taken a leaf out of the Double Dipton school of politics, calling journalists and swearing at them when the coverage isn't to his liking. Now, to be fair to Smith, he's got a point about the story the Dom published on Saturday.…
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Paula, honestly, put away the champagne
So, in the week to October 2, 1950 people signed up to the dole and 2040 went off it. Time to celebrate according to Paula Bennett - unemployment's going down! But one thing we know about Bennett is she doesn't have a good grasp of…
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ARC threatens to terminate NZ Bus contract
ARC chairman Mike Lee has delivered a blunt ultimatum to NZ Bus as its lockout of drivers reaches day five. "We have had enough. Auckland will not be held to ransom. If you can't deliver the services that the people of Auckland rely on, then…
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Nats find no government waste
I missed this one a few weeks ago but it's worth pointing out. National spent $300,000 hiring half a dozen supposed business geniuses for $2,000 a day to find places to cut costs in the public sector. Called them 'purchase advisers'. They ought to be…
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First, manufacture a crisis…
The first thing you need to understand is ACC is not spending more money than it is taking in through levies. It is not going bust. It is not 'making a loss' despite what Nick Smith writes and the media faithfully repeats, but, then, they…
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War on P
Did John Key pick up a pair of cowboy boots on his latest trip? Because he's come back talking like some kind of macho macho man: My message to the gangs is clear. This Government is coming after your business and we will use every…
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Open mike 12/10/09
We're trying a daily "Open mike". This is a place for anyone to post comments on topics that might be of interest, and for any discussion following up on the comments. Over to you...