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Open mike 10/07/2013
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John Key – Economic Miracle Maker
You have to hand it to John Key and this National Party. It appears that they are economic miracle makers, able to make money go way further than it should do and capable of, a la loaves and fishes, making what is left more than…
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Can democratic parties succeed?
Can democratic parties be successful major parties in modern politics? The media's drooling obsession with the "man ban" really makes me wonder. Labour is a democratic party. It develops its policy in the open, via a remit system and conference. It recently became a lot…
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Why the Pakeha Party is great news for the Left
The 'Pakeha Party' has the most Facebook followers of any New Zealand political movement (excepting John Key's page) That's in one day of publicity. They're seriously talking about forming an actual political party. Should we be worried about this apparent reactionary force? Nah. The creation…
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Open mike 09/07/2013
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Snowden on US-NZ intelligence
This just up on Stuff, about Edward Snowden making links between US and NZ intelligence services, as well as between other "5 Eyes" participants. The article, taken from The Sydney Morning Herald, begins: United States whistleblower Edward Snowden has disclosed a link between New Zealand…
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Dunne not convinced on GCSB Bill
Key has started making concessions in an effort to pass his GCSB bill to spy on Kiwis: Key forced to change spying law Under Mr Key's original law, spying warrants would be issued by one commissioner. Mr Dunne wants a panel of three distinguished New…
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Government still doesn’t care about climate change
We have very good climate scientists in New Zealand, but the government isn't exactly promoting them. Wanting us to be followers rather than leaders, taking us out of Kyoto 2, diluting our ETS into a polluter-subsidy scheme, getting us fossil awards, even only having an…
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Is the Government bailing out Solid Energy using the Future Investment Fund or not?
Late last Friday during the man ban beatup and the finalising of the Sky City deal a further event occurred. The Government released a stack of papers relating to the 2013 budget. This morning on Morning Report Clayton Cosgrove was interviewed and commented that the…
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Robert Wade
As promoted by the Fabians, Professor Robert Wade of the London School of Economics is speaking across the country on Inequality and the ills it causes. Inequality and the West – Capitalism at a Tipping Point Political economist Robert Wade talks about rising inequalities in the Western world, placing…
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45,000 more signatures
Like other recent calls for citizen initiated referendums, the referendum on asset sales was deemed to need more signatures after the initial submission. The eight week window to gather more signatures is now over, and the new signatures will be presented to Parliament today. Lots…
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Collins sanitising wikipedia
Wellington alcohol and drug counsellor Roger Brooking has revealed a campaign by Judith Collins' staff to sanitise her Wikipedia page and the pages on various issues related to New Zealand justice issues. References to facts that National doesn't want to acknowledge - such as its…
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Open mike 08/07/2013
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