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Open mike 07/03/2015
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Anti TPPA Rallies this Saturday
For details of protest action nearest to you check out the itsourfuture website.
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Dita de Boni on zero-hour contracts
Employment Minister Michael Woodhouse has employed the term ["flexibility"] liberally already, and no doubt he'll wheel it out on several more occasions. Wait to hear it too, again and again, from anyone defending the right of companies to operate according to the intent of the…
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The Ferguson interview
An extraordinary interview with former director of the GCSB Sir Bruce Ferguson on RNZ this morning: GCSB in mass collection of Pacific data: Ferguson A former director of the GCSB says there is mass collection of emails and communications in the Pacific, but the spy…
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Northland Polls; Horrorshow for National
The first published poll on the Northland by-election is grim reading for National Party strategists. 3 News have Winston Peters on 35%, National’s Mark Osborne on 30% and Labour’s Willow-Jean Prime on 16%. I understand these numbers are broadly similar to polling conducted by UMR…
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National Ltd™ Battling Truth On Two Fronts
Thanks to the heroic Edward Snowden, top New Zealand investigative journalist Nicky Hager launched his slow-reveal of yet more stunning examples of John Key's simpering compliance with Barrack Obama's instructions. And what good timing. Currently, the MSM is dripping with soft-sell encouragement for New Zealanders…
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Is mass surveillance of Kiwis occurring?
Yesterday morning's revelation that data collected from the Pacific Islands is being handed over to the Americans is opening up many interesting legal issues. One that is of interest to me is what happens to data collected from New Zealand citizens while they are in the…
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Open mike 06/03/2015
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Key fails the leadership test
Fine work form David Fisher at The Herald. Does Key get to lie and deny his way through yet another crisis? John Key failing leadership test with terrorists-under-the-bed response John Key worked to undermine the spying revelations before he knew what they were. Even before…
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What has Michael Woodhouse actually got right about employment relations?
With a caucus of 59, the National Party must have at least one person on the roster who understands basic employment law. The received wisdom is that National is the party of business, the party of employers, the party of job creation; there should be any…
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Expect more zero-hours crisis cases
Today is not a good day for workers. Here's a press release from Labour's Iain Lees-Galloway that I'm going to reproduce in full: Life to get harder for zero hour workers Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 9:17 pm Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party Employment law…
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NZ spies on its Pacific neighbours
The Herald this morning has reported on the latest analysis of New Zealand's data gathering role based on Eric Snowden's files. The story is bound to have a profound effect on New Zealand's relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Essentially New Zealand has been collecting data…
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Open mike 05/03/2015
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Is Human Resource Management in New Zealand Ethical?
' The “divide and rule” strategy has been used to impose and maintain control over human beings for countless years. Capitalists are past masters at applying it to their workforce via the “management vs worker” cleaver but, no matter the resulting tension, it was always…
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On Northland
Rob at Polity makes some observations on the Herald's columnists pontifications on what Labour should have done in Northland. This morning's Herald has not one but two opinion pieces on the Northland by-election. First, here's Bryan Rudman: The March 28 Northland byelection had the makings of…
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Nats getting squeamish on zero hour contracts
I've seen family members on zero hour contracts and its no way to live. Campbell live (best journalism on TV) had a welcome focus on the issue yesterday: Zero-hour contracts leave Kiwi families struggling But there's an entire industry in New Zealand paying minimum wage…
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Why are we going to war?
There has been a lot said about National's decision to go to war with ISIS. In the past week the MSM has fallen in behind and supported Key. Fran O'Sullivan in the Herald and Paddy Gower on TV3 have both provided solid support. And Josie…
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Open mike 04/03/2015
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Local Bodies: A Luddite Led National Government
Reposted from Local Bodies. The development of new knowledge and technology is growing at a faster rate than ever before and successful businesses generally have to remain at the cutting edge of their industries to survive. We are now operating in a global, interconnected economy…
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NRT: Climate change: The first climate war
Reposted from No Right Turn One of the predictions about climate change is that climate change-induced drought and famine will lead to more wars. Sadly, it turns out that what is happening in Syria is one of those wars: Drawing one of the strongest links…
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Dim-Post on *that* $168k cake story
I was wondering why there’s been so much media about the $168,000 rude cake on Facebook HRT finding, and then I read the Tribunal decision which you can find here. It is very long, and amazing in a way that can’t really be summed up in…
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Politicising banking
The move against Mega is disturbing: PayPal pulls services from Mega over legitimacy concerns PayPal has ceased processing payments for the Kim Dotcom founded Mega - the file storage and encryption firm looking to join the New Zealand stock market via a reverse listing, amid…
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Open mike 03/03/2015
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Kelsey et al on TPPA Wn 4 & Akl 5 March
It's High Noon for the TPPA - Jane Kelsey with others will speak in Wellington at Connolly Hall 5:30pm Wednesday 4 March and in Auckland at Owen Glenn Building 6:30pm Thursday 5 March. All welcome - more info and register Wn here and Akl here.
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Key folds on pay rises
It has been an annual ritual, Key reluctantly claiming that he can't do anything about MP's pay rises (which significantly outpace those of most other workers). It was never true of course: https://twitter.com/avancenz/status/570817095937630209 https://twitter.com/avancenz/status/571047820167225344 This year, with times harder than ever for far too many…
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Political donations and conflicts of interest
Danyl has some thought-provoking comments about the Herald's analysis of electoral donations: MPs and other political insiders get really upset if you suggest to them that this is all basically political corruption. Partly this is down to their massive egos. MPs don’t think it’s strange that corporations just…
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Brassneck
The release of the candidate donation returns has shown us that the National Party have found a new way to rort the system and give the lie to John Key’s promise of higher standards. However, there are issues for the NZ Labour Party as well.…
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David Lange had guts
It doesn't take guts to meekly obey the big boys in "The Club". It takes guts to stand up and oppose them on the world stage: https://twitter.com/actionstation/status/571854464971239424 See also this brilliant piece by Toby Manhire last Friday.
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Open mike 02/03/2015
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A Fair Deal for Christchurch
The Christchurch earthquake was a catastrophe that was national in its impact and significance but that required the people of Christchurch to pay its terrible price. In the four years that have since elapsed, they have had to shoulder the burden of rebuilding shattered lives…