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Breaking news - here's the 3 News version: Govt delays asset sales The Government has officially delayed its asset sales programme until next year. ... It was due to sell Mighty River Power by November this year - but it has officially pulled the plug.…
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A couple of weeks back I wrote a post offering Shearer, Robertson or Pagani an opportunity to justify their (more or less) blanket attack on beneficiaries. At the time, I didn't realise Pagani had been banned from 'the standard' for (from memory) being an idiot…
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From the EPMU: Spring Creek miners and their families will lead a community ‘March for Work’ in Greymouth on Tuesday calling on Solid Energy and the Government to secure the future of the town and ensure the mine stays open. Solid Energy suspended operations at…
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Some time next year, as it starts to dawn on the Nats that their potential 2014 coalition parties look like a parade of zombies, they and their pundits will start talking up the possibility of a coalition with Colin Craig's conservatives. When they do, I…
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The Keep Our Assets Coalition has now collected 250,000 signatures for the petition for a referendum on asset sales in just four months. You need to help with the big final push - the Spring Collection - to get the last 60,000 signatures and the…
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Last week, TVNZ covered a MYOB poll that showed 50% of small business owners disagreed with asset sales and 21% supported it. That's 2.5 to 1 of ones of National's core votes opposed to its flagship policy. They oppose asset sales for a simple reason:…
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I hope you won't think less of me when I say I'm enjoying Key's angst over baby formula companies using him in their ads in China. Key says it wasn't an endorsement when he went to the factory, signed a tin of formula, and smiled…
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An article by Greg Muttitt (author of Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq) has been doing the rounds. Here are some extracts from the version on Al Jazeera (reordered somewhat choronologically): Mission accomplished for Big Oil? ... In the period before and…
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My regular Sunday piece of interesting, longer, deeper stories I found during the week. It’s also a chance for you to share what you found this week too. Those stimulating links you wanted to share, but just didn’t fit in anywhere (no linkwhoring). This week:…
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The extent of poverty in NZ condemns us as a country. The way that poverty is growing under the Nats condemns them as a government. For once I agree with something that John Armstrong has to say: Child poverty report must not be ignored Yet…
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Planning permission has been sought to construct the world's largest windfarm off the Scottish coast. Estimated to cost around 4.5 billion pounds and cover some 300 square km of ocean, if the project receives the green light, it will produce up to 40% of Scotland…
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