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Scott at Imperator Fish has kindly given us permission to syndicate posts from his blog – the original of this post is here. The Environment was today arrested by police, after frustrating business groups for a number of years. Police moved against The Environment following a tip-off…
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I/S at No Right Turn on the undermining of the Resource Management Act... The PCE on RMA "reform" Back in February the government announced plans to remove democracy from the RMA so that its cronies could dig, bulldoze and build whatever they liked, whereever they liked. But…
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Key's adopted what Andrea Vance labels his "so what demeanour" as he tries to shrug off his highly irregular and inappropriate role in the selection of Ian Fletcher to head the GCSB. But whether or not Key was too involved in getting his mate a…
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Hard to believe, but despite having a Green Party mayor the Wellington City Council is about to outsource work currently done by council staff. We all know what that means – redundancies, longer hours, poorer safety standards and ultimately lower pay for workers as contractors…
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What was it about the short listed candidates for GCSB boss that was lacking? And what was it about Ian Fletcher that made him a more suitable candidate? The cronyist element of Key's role in his appointment is very concerning, as Eddie shows. This suggests…
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Drones have been all over the news these last few years, and America's indiscriminate use of drones is both a hallmark of and an indictment of Obama's presidency. I guess it's no surprise to find that they have flown in NZ airspace: The United States…
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Causing the predictable annual flutter in the news, recent figures show that (with some caveats) we have falling crime rates in NZ. (Or falling rates of reported crime at least.) There was the usual round of editorials, posturing from the current Police Minister, silly chatter…
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Analysts are apparently 'not worried' about the impact of the increasingly likely-looking closure of Tiwai Point on the price of electricity and, hence, on the value of the assets National is trying to hock. A 12% reduction is all one analyst sees in Mighty River's…
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You know, when it came out that Key was good mates with his new GCSB spy boss, Ian Fletcher, (a man who was appointed despite lack of experience in spying or the NZ public service), I kind of thought 'so what'? People know each other.…
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All over the news this morning: Rio Tinto rejects Tiwai subsidy offer Rio Tinto has rejected the Government's offer to subsidise the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter power bill. The smelter needs help to survive - it has been shedding staff and could close if it…
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New Zealand is a country with a proud history of activism and protest. First country in the world where women won the vote. The anti-apartheid protests around the 1981 Springbok tour. The anti nuclear protests. The massive march down Queen St that got the Nats…
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Sometimes, I wonder where Granny Herald gets her crack from. It's clearly strong stuff. Like when she runs an editorial soundly condemning an opposition MP for doing something that the same editorial admits is justified. Today, Cunliffe gets an earful for daring to suggest that…
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As you know, the Right says more money incentivises harder work. John Key felt he wasn't working very hard when he first became PM on a net $250,000 a year, so he gave himself tax cuts and pay rises worth $100 a day. Just look…
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Various changes to tax and related rules come in to effect today, along with a derisory rise in the minimum wage the main effect is that of "Earners squeezed by tax changes". What also strikes me about the changes is the amount of dithering involved. Here's…
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A raft of Tory policies have been dismantling what is left of the British welfare state (after Thatcherism set them on this destructive and inhumane path). This includes the so-called "Bedroom Tax" which will cut the amount of benefit people can get if they have a…
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