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In May, they were promising growth would be 4.2% in 2012. By October, it was 3.3%. November, 2.5%. December, 1.5% .... with 'downside risks' aplenty. Looks like we're going to be waiting on that brighter future a while longer. Vernon Small points out there's no…
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David Parker has withdrawn from the leadership race of the Labour party according to Stuff. Predictably Kiwiblog, Stuff, and probably the other right-wing media fools are using this as an opportunity to hype up David Shearer as an easier opponent for John Key. It is…
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It worries me that the media and right wing are trying to take control of the Labour Leadership contest. There's no great hurry with Christmas around the corner (no new leader is going to get a lot of traction over the summer holidays), but the…
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Ubiquitous Tory blonde #5 (Jo Goodhew?) was on Backbenches last night. At the factory where these Nat backbenchers are stamped out, they're programmed to say 'John Key' whenever possible. It went wrong, though, when Goodhew said she was proud to be a reelected member of…
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Law firm Chapman Tripp has taken it upon itself to summarise the business community's expectations for National's second term. From a summary in the NBR: 80% 'starting out' wage on the way Further labour market deregulation will be among the 'new' government's policy priorities, according…
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