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... will be one that has effective policies to make a more equal society, will seriously address the concerns of those least well-off, and not just pander to the narrow concerns of people on, or who aspire to, (comfortable) middle incomes. This means policies to…
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There is increasing disquiet about the decision to withdraw all charges against Peter Whittall over the deaths of the Pike River miners and the role of the Government in what has happened is going to be put under intense scrutiny. Because the whole thing has…
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Over at blubbering boys blog this morning, 'authored' by Cameron Slater. The Parliamentary Press Gallery had its end of year party last night. Basically it was a trough-fest for corporate lobbyists…with them out numbering journalists by a substantial amount. This was the scene that confronted…
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The decision announced today (but made when?) to withdraw the charges against Pike CEO Peter Whittall cannot be left to rest. When did a Judge of a New Zealand Court participate in a deal where criminal charges were dropped and money paid. It is insufficient…
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You have a choice to make. Since you live in a society, apparently guided by ideas of personal responsibility and choices, making a choice and acting on it should be second nature by now. Anyway, you should made the decision a few years back and…
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In breaking news all charges laid under the HSIE Act against former Pike River boss Petter Whittall have been withdrawn. From the Herald: In a shock development in the Christchurch District Court this morning, the Crown said that after an extensive review it was "not…
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A Statistics NZ quick stats page on "Work" is both useful and puzzling. Unemployment has increased from 2006, being back nearer the level in 2001: Unemployment increased since 2006, but was slightly lower than in 2001. The unemployment rates for the last three censuses were: *…
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Right wing, excuses reasons, for not doing anything about children in poverty. 1. "It costs too much". 2. "Taxation is theft". 3. "They are not as poor as they are in (Insert a third world Nation with less than half our GDP, and a 10th…
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Fresh from his comedy career on Letterman, his rolling over puppy imitation for Warner Brothers, and other such high profile appearances. John Key has now taken to reprising the role of "The Man with No Name". 3 News reported yesterday. Prime Minister John Key has…
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This is the last day that you can vote No in the referendum on asset sales. So dig that form out, mark it and send it. Over the last few years the National party has been claiming that by being able to form a government,…
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And the results are bouncing around. Labour is down 3.5 and the Greens are up 3.5%. And the two blocks are neck and neck ... According to Gary Morgan: Today’s New Zealand Roy Morgan Poll shows National (45%, up 0.5%) now exactly level with…
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Seems that Collins likes to call others bullies, but doesn't mind being simply abusive and derogatory in her own language. Then she gets stuck in again: both men are numpties with bells on. Hey Judith have you done anything of such significance for New Zealand?…
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Welfare benefits and how you provide for the disadvantaged is one of the primary distinguishing features of the difference between the left and right of the political spectrum. This post is a more detailed explanation of a proposal I put in a comment on child…
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But we need more. So persuade your family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances or people that you have a passing relationship to send in their voting papers. Time is running out ...
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Confronted with a protest about the government's lack of action on child poverty, John Key's response is: "So yeah, they just protest because that's all they've got to do all day." As though protesting - participating in our democracy - was a particularly unimportant thing…
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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. Prime Minister John Key insists his government is committed to addressing child poverty, despite a damning report on the problem released yesterday. The Child Poverty Monitor…
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Yesterday on politics from the left and the right on Radio New Zealand Matthew Hooton sounded what may be the death knell for ACT's future. He mentioned how tens of millions of dollars have been spent over the past two decades on a failed political…
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You need little more evidence of how Gerry Brownlee's lazy-faire approach to the Christchurch rebuild has failed than the story of the (working) single mother forced to live in a tent with her 3 kids because there's no affordable rentals. One of the automatic moves…
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The Emissions Trading Scheme was never a particularly good way of curbing greenhouse emissions and the way that National gutted it made it distinctly worse. Now we are in a position where National has found a way to use it to providing even more polluter…
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The findings of the child poverty monitoring report has now been published. The figures are chilling. A quarter of kiwi kids, or 265,000 children, live in poverty, 18% go without need they need, 10% live in severe poverty and three out of five who live…
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The Herald on Sunday is reporting today on some worrying trends in child poverty in Aotearoa. The Government has been very careful not to properly measure the problem. The formerly proud to be a westie Minister Paula Bennett has joked in Parliament about how there…
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Again! Just when you begin to think Labour are looking like a Government, one of the, "past their use by dates", from the Rogernomics era, again! shows that they have NFI how to get elected and they are still clinging desperately to the Neo-liberal paradigm.…
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