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This teaser on the front page of the (digital) Herald, and the article that it links to, really really annoy me: Let me count the ways: (1) It turns welfare, an important safety net and part of the social fabric / contract of our country,…
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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: Killer robots,…
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How much power should the ruling faction in a country / political system have? Should it be relatively unfettered, as it is NZ, or buffered by "checks and balances" as it is in the USA? Each approach has its risks. The risk of the former…
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Family First have responded to the moving-forward of the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill in their usual calm and logical manner, by issuing a press release screaming that the words "husband" and "wife are to be removed from our marriage-related legislation, and thus will obviously…
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I've got to stay that I stand in awe of this latest tax policy suggestion from the IRD. Simple, fair, easy to implement, it will be wildly popular. I think the Nats should adopt it at once. They'd sew up the 2014 election right here:…
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In recent posts in this series we've focused on the Children’s Social Health Monitor 2012 Update Report, see the the full report (pdf) here. Today we look at the next Health and Wellbeing Indicators. INFANT MORTALITY AND SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN INFANCY Poverty stories and statistics…
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Hipkins Shave for a Cure
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This is what it looks like when a "country" (in this case Britain) takes a serious look at the impact of it's ageing population structure: Ageing population will have huge impact on social services, Lords told Startling details about Britain's rapidly ageing population and its…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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So far, the government has spent $33 million on Transmission Gully. They're planning on spending another $30m just to sign the contract on the Public-Private Partnership. That's over $60m down the drain on a project with only $360-$500m of benefits before a single metre of…
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The Green Party are supporting moves to limit the ability of non-New Zealanders to buy property in New Zealand, following a poll which showed 2/3 of respondents agreed with the idea. 3News decided in its infinite wisdom to jazz up this story by staking out…
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Yesterday, David Cunliffe, in response to Peter Dunne's Student Loan Amendment Bill, labelled Dunne as "Minister for Small Changes" (to the student loan and child support Bills), and "Minister for Small Things". Small, but significant in relation to Dunne's MO. Cunliffe talked about the growing…
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On the 20th of October 2010 Sir Peter Jackson went public with claims the Hobbit was endangered by a union do-not-work notice he described as “blacklisting”. The resulting fracas and the final deal done between the Government and Warners are now all too well known.…
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Apparently National are considering 3 asset sales this year. Mighty River in May / June, and perhaps 2 in November, as there are only 2 windows you can really make a sale in (due to rules around accounting numbers etc). Can they really be serious…
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Today marks the launch of a new leftwing political blog in NZ, The Daily Blog. Driven by Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury and featuring a line-up of over 30 writers! Should become a blogging force to be reckoned with. Go check them out...
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