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Paula Bennet apparently reckons that 2000 people having social welfare entitlements cancelled every week is a good thing. It brings down the projected future cost of welfare payments by $3 billion. Judith Collins apparently reckons that 207 000 work place accidents a year is a…
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No Right Turn blogs on the US federal government shutdown due to some crazed Republicians. It doesn't look too hopeful for when the US federal government runs directly into the next round of hitting the debt ceiling As I write this, the US Congress is…
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The Axe the Copper Tax campaign grinds on ominously for the Government. What is especially ominous is that on the pages of the New Zealand Herald and the National Business Review and amongst the ranks of some of the Government's most loyal supporters there is…
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We all know that there is a massive home affordability problem, especially in Auckland. There are 150,000 fewer homeowning families today than there would have been at 1991's homeownership rate. So, here's National's plan: don't build any additional houses, just sell some state houses (despite…
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National are going to lose the next election. That presents a significant problem for Team Blue’s office holders and caucus. Do they hope against hope that John Key can pull off an Oracle style upset, or at least, like Rudd, keep the damage to a…
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I've managed to miss a milestone on this site (again). As you can see, we've passed 13,000 published posts over the weekend. That really isn't bad for a voluntary coop over a 6 year period with no particular publishing schedule beyond "put something up if…
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Chris Tremain somewhat unexpectedly announced yesterday that he will not be standing at the next election. He has been the MP for Napier for the past eight years. He won the seat in 2005 with a 3,600 majority over labour's Russell Fairbrother, pushed it out…
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The celebrity video below is playing on TVNZ Breakfast and TV3 Firstline this morning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K7gzBoVh1rI It calls for the government to release the TPPA text, and for you to sign the petition to John Key now. Tell our government they shouldn’t sign such far…
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