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The media had a field day with Chris Carter today. Journalists stalked Carter throughout the Parliamentary complex, ambushed him with questions on the fly, and used the footage to make 'good' news. I want to know why that behaviour is good enough for Carter to…
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I really like my children's school - I think they work hard to keep those young minds engaged and bodies active. I know it's a job that is pretty demanding, and hugely important. So when I hear that three-quarters of teachers are feeling unprepared and…
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I was quite surprised by Jim Anderton's decision to stand for mayor of Christchurch. And I had thought that his decision not to step down from Parliament until the next election was a mistake that would haunt him in the mayoral campaign. But it looks…
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News just in that Sean Plunket has resigned from Morning Report. It's well known that he has had conflicts with his bosses over the years but there's no information as of yet on why he decided to call it a day. He'll be missed. His…
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If that is the foreshore and seabed debate effectively resolved we should all take a moment to celebrate. It will be good to have the issue behind us as a country and move on. It is John Key's good fortune to be in office when…
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Fabians Lecture tonight: Economics for Everyone in Auckland Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn 5:30-7:30 Jim Stanford on why the Economy is too important to be left to Economists.
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At the moment the UK is debating a rise in Capital Gains Tax, from 18% to 40 or 50%. The debate is largely going on within the ruling Tory party, as their coalition partners the Liberal Democrats won several tax concessions so that they could…
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What I've always liked about the Green Party is that they are honest brokers. They are always straight up about where they stand and they don't do deals that betray their principles for power or trade-offs. I guess I had kind of assumed that the…
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The signals are that the Maori Party is going to cave on the foreshore and seabed. National has offered a symbolic repeal of the Foreshore and Seabed Act while leaving the actual law essentially unchanged. At hui throughout the country, Maori have made it clear…
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Reposted from the archives - may soon need an update -- r0b: Then: Labour Minister David Parker accused of financial wrongdoing (filing incorrect returns). He resigns Ministerial portfolios and as Attorney General while the Companies Office investigates. Cleared of all wrongdoing (the returns were correct)…
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The Deep Horizon oil spill drags on and on and the estimates of the daily leak keep growing. Once, BP claimed that it was leaking 5,000 barrels (750,000 litres) a day. Now, BP is capturing 16,000 barrels a day and tens of thousands more barrels…
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The Schmuck story could almost be a parody of National's privatisation agenda. In Canterbury, they're privatising the waters for the farmers. In Auckland, they've taken the 'local' and the 'democracy' out of local democracy to make the city a plaything for business, and are now…
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Sunday saw another big protest against the government. An estimated 3000 people turned out in Christchurch for the "Our Water Our Vote" rally to protest National's attacks on Canterbury's democracy and environment. According to The Press: Thousands turned out for a protest against the sacking…
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