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Open mike 03/08/2011
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Open debate
This development is going to generate a fair bit of discussion in the media! Duncan Garner reports: Key, Goff refuse debate with minor parties The public will once again be denied the opportunity to see John Key and Phil Goff debate all the minor party…
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NoRightTurn on the ETS
Climate change: The ETS's first year The government released its first Report on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, tracking progress in the ETS, today. Their conclusion is that the scheme is working well, and I'd agree. Forestry emissions - the most direct and immediate…
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PSA launches myth busting campaign
The PSA is launching its election campaign this evening. Our big challenge is to break through the government’s narrative (now reaching mythic proportions) that NZ is sinking under debt the likes of Greece tooand the only solution is to cut public spending and sell assets.…
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Chart o’ the day: the real world
Sources- Statistics NZ trade figures. Reserve Bank foreign exchange turnover.
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The Peters principle
There's already a perfectly good "Peter principle", but perhaps we need a new one, a "Peters principle" for New Zealand politics. It could read as follows - "Whatever Winston Peters does will attract far more media attention than it deserves". There's been heaps of coverage…
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Open mike 02/08/2011
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You paid to get Try-hard John on the telly
Remember John Key's awful Letterman appearance? Supposedly worth a fortune in tourism. We know that was complete crap. It was a stunt meant to impress us saps. Now we learn that we paid for it. PM's office pleaded for months to get on Letterman. Try-hard…
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Generation Zero
It is one of the failures of our society that far too many young people are politically disengaged or apathetic. Many - but not all! Meet Generation Zero: From the About page: Globally, and in Aotearoa, young people are outraged at the lack of action…
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All hail our vampire overlords
How did the wealth of the 151 richest people grow by 10% of GDP when the economy grew only 1.5%? Mostly by revaluing existing assets. Not a lot of 'wealth creation' from our self-appointed Randian Heroes, just book changes. But, apparently, we owe everything to…
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Breeding for a business?
John Key infamously stated that parents on the DPB are "breeding for a business". Over the weekend Stuff ran a piece that seems to agree: Pre-teens dream of kids and dole Lots of babies, lots of partners, lots of houses and lots of benefits. Welcome…
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Let it out
The polls show that New Zealanders, quite rightly, prefer the policies of the Left, such as capital gains tax, over National/ACT's 'plan' to hock off our assets. But the majority still seem to favour returning a Key-led (and Key's the, um, key) government, even if…
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Open mike 01/08/2011
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