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In an unfortunate juxtaposition of events it has been shown that this Government is happy to write off debts properly owed to it by Serco but unwilling to pay debts properly owed by it to New Zealand social welfare beneficiaries. Firstly Serco has been let…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other.
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The Big Red Shed, which within its entire group employs 12,000 people, leads the way with an innovative initiative to extend paid leave to those suffering from domestic violence and for those employees supporting someone who is a victim of domestic violence. Read more here…
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Plenty of distractions in the political circus at the moment, but meanwhile: 2015 and 2016 set to break global heat records, says Met Office Next two years likely to be hottest recorded as the world’s climate reaches major turning point... The world’s climate has reached…
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Nicholas Watt in The Guardian The strategy will involve a twin-track approach in which the Tories will speak about Corbyn personally in respectful terms as they pay tribute to his success in securing such an emphatic victory. (...) At the same time as speaking about…
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The one thing the left wants more than anything else is a clean contest of ideas where all sides of an issue are properly explored. That way the chances of the proper decision being made is maximised. This is an especially important role for the…
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Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other.
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Update: Abbott is gone, Turnbull won 54-44. https://twitter.com/abcnews/status/643391081946742784 https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/643393860312399872 https://twitter.com/bencubby/status/643392982134095872 Update: This photograph apparently sums up Julia Gillard's current emotional state ...
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Project Fear was the label ascribed to the UK establishment’s strategy during the Scottish referendum debate. It worked well – in the space of the campaign period, support for independence more or less doubled. Project Fear (re-dux) was rolled out against Jeremy Corbyn’s bid for…
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While Labour leaders are in the spotlight, a good piece by Audrey Young in the weekend: No bubbly but Little is lifting Labour's game ... Given the party's record, Andrew Little has already been a successful leader. The party is functioning more like a competent…
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From Open Mike We can now declare at least one region of New Zealand GE free: Hawkes Bay. This is after years of dogged work and really expensive District Plan hearings opposed tooth and nail by Federated Farmers, Scion the tree genetics people, and others.…
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Last night our time the UK was waking up to the first new day of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party. PM David Cameron lost his shit, in what will I think become one of the most (in)famous political tweets of all time: https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/642984909980725248 It is worth…
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Well done Jeremy Corbyn. It is great to see a plain speaking principled politician succeed. Clearly Jeremy and Bernie Saunders in the States are indicative of a growing restlessness amongst activists with political business as usual where careerists using triangulation as their only weapon have been…
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Stuff has a piece up on how the popular Red Peak / First to the Light flag resembles a logo from a small American engineering firm. (At time of writing Red Peak still dominates the poll.) Oddly there are no Stuff pieces on the things…
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https://twitter.com/helenkellyCTU/status/642798852089757696 Here it is then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5StztvYw5SA From the GetUp web page: ***UPDATE: We just received word that Channel 9 banned our new TV ad from airing during the evening news — and they won't say why. We're scrambling right now for ad spots with other…
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Congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn new leader of the UK Labour Party. (Update: Guardian coverage - Corbyn took nearly 60% of the vote "a stunning first-round victory that was bigger than the mandate for Tony Blair in 1994"). Everything about him appeals to me. He really…
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Thank you Mike Bush: Police should remain unarmed: Commisioner Mike Bush Despite the number of armed incidents recently police should remain unarmed, the Police Commissioner says. ... In a blog released today, Mr Bush said the incident highlighted the unpredictable and dangerous events police officers…
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Anthony R0bins has already posted on this subject but it is an important one and deserves multiple analysis so here goes. The Pacific Leaders Forum has occurred over the past few days. The proud leaders of small Pacific Nations were there. Some nations like Tuvalu and Kiribati are…
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The current refugee crisis, to which our government has responded so pitifully, is but a taste of things to come: Tackle climate change or face resource wars, Lord Ashdown warns Refugee crisis is a ‘rehearsal’ for a vast humanitarian disaster that will soon unfold if…
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The Labour Party has announced that General Secretary Tim Barnett is to stand down as Party Secretary. From the Party's website: The New Zealand Labour Party’s General Secretary, Tim Barnett, today announced his resignation. Mr Barnett, who has been in the role for just over…
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A very interesting post in The Herald yesterday by Grant McLachlan, a former Parliamentary researcher and a Nat campaign director. It is mostly about the bungled flag process, but includes these gems: What National has done since 2002 is develop the most advanced voter relationship…
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https://twitter.com/RusselNorman/status/642095282981728256 Greenpeace's gain is Parliament's loss. Russell will be replaced by Marama Davidson when he stands down next month.
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As anticipated, what is the first complaint at this site under the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015? Not from some poor kid being stalked and cyber-bullied by the classmates. But by an adult trying to stifle legitimate criticism and analysis of what they wrote and distributed digitally. I'm not going to…
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Good on ya Wellington: Thousands gather to protest refugee quota Thousands of silent protesters gathered outside Parliament tonight, calling on the Government to double New Zealand's refugee quota. Seven-hundred-and-fifty candles were lit to symbolise the lives that could be saved, should the quota be doubled.…