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The Herald reports that National party blogger David Farrar and Grant Robertson have spoken out against the government's misuse of urgency and its bypassing of the select committee process. Ironically the call comes as the government jams more bad legislation through under the cover of…
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1) the powers given to Gerry Brownlee are excessive and unchecked. Dean Knight wrote the, so far, definitive critique of the CERA law in an amazingly short period of time after the Bill was finally released to the public on Tuesday. It is damning reading:…
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One of the questions voters will ask themselves in November will be: do I feel better off after 3 years of National? The answer will mostly be "no". We'll have to wait until October for the third year's statistics, but after the first 2 years…
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Just before the second Christchurch earthquake, Gerry Brownlee was being criticised for the lack of progress in recovery. People suggested what was needed was an independent commissioner to lead the rebuilding - an 'earthquake Tsar'. Brownlee responded "the last Tsar got shot". Now, the new…
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Bill English managed to cause quite a fuss this week with his claim that New Zealand had a "competitive advantage" due to factors like our low wage economy. Another of the factors that English cited was how agreeably tractable our political system is in NZ…
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A classic cover with updated lyrics of the 1980's classic. Now we have "We have no ambition for New Zealand". Give a big hand to the artists and start asking the radio stations and TV channels when they will be playing it. That is what…
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions President Helen Kelly has published an extremely thorough account of the Hobbit dispute over at scoop. It is extremely unusual to have such a detailed public documentation of an industrial dispute but then again it was an extremely unusual…
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The reconstruction of Christchurch will be directed by Gerry Brownlee, the Dim-Post can report. Mr Brownlee, a National Cabinet Minister and former woodwork teacher will have authority over the rebuilding of the 19th Century cathedral city that suffered severe damage in an earthquake on the…
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One of the Nats' few constructive policies at the last election was Steven Joyce's ultra-fast broadband project. The Nats promised $1.5 Billion investment to deliver UFB to 75% of New Zealand homes within 10 years. Almost 3 years in, their proposals have just been met…
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Tiki Taane arrested for singing NWA's classic 'F*ck the police' when there were cops at his gig. Disorderly conduct likely to incite violence, says the Old Bill. Yeah, right. Here's how this will play out: It'll be laughed out of court. Collins will rush through…
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Last week, Phil Goff launched Labour's campaign to stop asset sales. These are going up all over the show. If you want one, go here.
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Protest action by Greenpeace has disrupted prospecting activities in the Raukumara Basin by Brazilian petrochemical giant Petrobras. According to this account: The company said it ordered the Orient Explorer to abandon testing for the day because it was too dangerous after demonstrators from a flotilla…
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The Crown BMWs are back in the news. One will have a $1000 underseat heater to keep a worthy's arse toasty. Based in Dunedin. For "long-distance and long-duration movements". Hmm. Who flies to Dunedin for a 3 hour drive to Dipton occasionally? Guess you need…
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In science or business we want some level of proof that things work. Those drugs the doctor prescribes have huge amounts of testing done to prove the effects they will have. When you go to the bank with a business case, they prefer it if…
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Get ready for another petrol increase this week. Last week, the Dubai crude benchmark, which most of New Zealand's imports are priced of, shot up over 4% in NZD terms. Unless that rise reverses right away, petrol will have to rise past $2.25 a litre.…
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National came to power promising to close the wage gap with Australia. Not only have they failed to fulfill that promise but Bill English now portrays it as a good thing. His appearance on Q+A yesterday only confirms how out of touch National is: determined…
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In 2009, Bill 'Double Dipton' English survived a corruption scandal that would have sunk a less important minister. Key couldn't afford to lose him. Now, evidence continues to emerge of how Steven Joyce gave his old company a sweetheart loan against the official advice. Do…
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Last year Fran O'Sullivan came clean on National's tax cuts: But all the elaborate dancing on the head of the proverbial pin does not disguise the raw reality that English’s billion-dollar bet that his Budget tax-go-round would turbo-charge New Zealand’s economic growth has (so far)…
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