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You've got to hand it to Kim Dotcom for his great choice of timing and ability to make the MSM headlines. John Key is leading the House into unnecessary, and politically motivated urgency to push through his anti-democratic Big brother GCSB surveillance Bill. Meanwhile, Dotcom's…
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I feel a bit sorry for Aaron Gilmore. He's a dickhead, yes indeed, but there's a lot of that about, and not many dickheads get forced to stare into the mirror the way that Gilmore has. Be that as it may, Gilmore's position is now…
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The EPMU has won back millions of dollars of back-pay for workers at Tiwai point after taking a case at the employment authority. The authority concluded that the comapny was required to pay 12 hours of leave for leave days rather than the eight they…
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It has always been clear that the NZ economy would get back on its feet one day. Thanks to the previous Labour government's prudence (zero net government debt) we weathered the global financial crisis in good shape and were out of recession in the June…
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The Warehouse has adopted a policy of paying a living wage of $18.50-$20 an hour for longer-term employees. It's a really positive move and The Warehouse is to be congratulated. It'll cost about $2.5m a year, or 5% of profits. As we've seen in the…
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Breaking - The asset sales referendum petition has collected 292,000 valid signatures. It needs 16,500 more (about another 5%) to reach the threshold. The Keep Our Assets Coalition has 2 months to get the remainder - and says it will get them... Update - now…
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For the short version, as @lyndonhood commented: "Admittedly it will be easier for the GCSB to act within their legal boundaries if they don't have any". For the long version see the excellent I/S at No Right Turn... The spy bill Last year, we learned…
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John Key says that Wellington is dying and "we don't know how to turn it around". Coupled with Brownlee's slow suffocation of Christchurch and the Nats' refusal to unblock Auckland's transport arteries, its not good news for the major cities. But if Wellington is dying,…
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Following the Labour and Greens' rejection of their demand that the parties drop their NZ Power policy to lower power prices, the business elite has announced capital flight. 'If Origin Energy loses its rentier profits, who's next? said Phil O'Reilly,close to tears, 'The banks? The…
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US publicly funded universities struggle to get the funds they need to maintain their educational programmes (CNN 05/05/13). Many resort to endowment investments to raise some necessary funds. The "Ivy League" Harvard University stands out for it's aggressive endowment enterprises, some of which exploit the people,…
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Spying on Kiwis is ok if "the responsible Minister" says so - this was how the Herald described today's announcement from John Key regarding the GCSB clean-up Bill. Responsible Minister? Yeah right -that's an oxymoron when applied to John Key. Was he responsible when Dotcom…
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The chief executive of the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association supports the Labour / Green electricity proposals. Well worth clicking through to read the whole thing... A dissenting business view on the Greens/Labour NZ Power policy COMMENT Since the release of the NZ Power…
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So what's up with this? Family First Muzzled Because of Traditional Marriage Views Press Release: Family First New Zealand Family First NZ has received notification that the Charities Commission intends to deregister the charity, citing Family First’s traditional view of marriage being one man and…
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It's UN Global Road Safety Week, and they are launching a cross border campaign tomorrow. Requested by the UN General Assembly, the Week will draw attention to the urgent need to better protect pedestrians worldwide, generate action on the measures needed to do so, and…
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John Key's excuse for the planned veto of the extension of paid parental leave is that it would put the 2014/15 surplus at risk. There's four answers to that: 1) if you believe Treasury's numbers, there still would be a surplus, 2) Treasury's margin of…
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In 1998 I spent 3 days on a boat, diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Truly amazing - a memory that will stay with me always. It was clear even then that the Reef was threatened by climate change and polltion. Now it is a…
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I'm so confused about the Mighty River Power share float. According to the "market specialists" the loony left have sabotaged it and scared off all the Mums and Dads!... Opposition power plan stifling MRP share takeup Markets specialists are predicting the uptake in buying shares…
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John Key promised a "brighter future" for NZ: one where they wouldn't wave good-bye to loved ones heading to Australia; one where he would require a higher standard of his MPs; one where he wouldn't deliberately avoid telling the truth to the public on controversial…
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Phil Twyford on Red Alert yesterday (ht Anne in comments) posted on an interesting talk: Nicky Hager: Uncomfortable truths, NZ foreign policy in the ‘war on terror’ Author and investigative journalist Nicky Hager delivered this year’s Capt Jack Lyon Memorial Lecture. He draws on his book Other…
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Politicians, journalists and other commentators who support the sale of the powercos, continue to portray the Labour-Green NZ Power policy in terms of political strategy and game-play. In doing this, they avoid having to deal with the guts of the issue: the fact that the…
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In the current series of posts we're looking at the Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCCC) 2012 report "Child Poverty in New Zealand evidence for action". Continuing from last week... Chapter 4 Priority Recommendations This is a short chapter setting out the most important recommendations.…
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Aaron Gilmore, eh? He's clearly finished in the National Party. Not for the view he expressed when he threatened to get a young waiter sacked, but because by doing so he's lifted the veil on the carefully covered elitism that drives the national party's agenda.…
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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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What amounts to "good" vision as part of a political campaign? Is it only in the mind of the holder and skewed by their political position? Or is it a vision that appeals to the majority, in spite of whether they lean left, right, or…
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John Banks is in court to answer allegations over his Dotcom donations and brain fades lies: Loss in court would cost Banks seat ... Mr Banks has been called to court to answer allegations that he received money from internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and SkyCity…