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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. I’m really worried that an entire day might pass without your knowing what I’m thinking about a particular issue. Did you see me on TV?…
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The Government is not going to let the issue drag on any further and wants to have the Keep Our Assets referendum dealt with this year. It has just been announced that the referendum will be done and dusted this year. According to the Herald:…
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So Paula Bennet is being all proud as punch about her welfare reforms. See, it appears she’s been innovative and has delivered savings of some $3 Billion based on some formulaic future cost of welfare calculation. For argument’s sake, let’s allow that those future costs…
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On The Nation this weekend, Kris Faafoi laid out the bare bones of Labour's policy on public broadcasting. He signaled the strengthening of public broadcasting across a range of platforms, recognising the crucial role of digital technologies in the 21st century. He also praised the…
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Yesterday on my twitter feed I read Matthew Hooton's sort of apology to David Cunliffe. Then when I checked later it had been chucked behind NBR's paywall. I guess Matthew may want to make sure that he has a legal fighting fund, just in case.…
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The Herald and John Key are whining that National will have a 'moral mandate' to govern after the next election if it is the highest polling party, even if it can't form a majority and the Left can. Of course, there's no such rule in…
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If you weren't paying attention you could easily miss the fact that Meridian shares are opening today. that's because there's been a lot less mainstream hoopla about it than there was with the sale of MRP. Despite the face there's been a whole host of…
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