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Daily Review 30/06/2015
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Greens allow split vote on online speech bill
It is likely that the Harmful Digital Communications Bill will receive its final reading today (for background see Bryce Edwards today). The Greens are allowing a split vote: ...The Harmful Digital Communications Bill seeks to protect those being “harmed” by material on the internet and…
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Caption Contest
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Greece and the Euro crisis
The invisible hand of the market is busy punching itself in the face today. Some observations on Greece and the Euro crisis, from the factual to the fun, courtesy of Twitter this morning. https://twitter.com/guardianworld/status/615634987895775232 https://twitter.com/danylmc/status/615621004849614849 https://twitter.com/danylmc/status/615622735910187008 https://twitter.com/norightturnnz/status/615620734975520769 https://twitter.com/gtiso/status/615618314270736385
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Another disease of poverty making a comeback
Diseases of poverty, notably rheumatic fever, are making a comeback in this country, and there is no quick fix. Today we can add another disease of deprivation to the list: Number of rickets cases on the rise in New Zealand Rickets, a disease generally associated…
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Kia ora Gaza
Pro Palestinian terrorists intending to smuggle into Gaza weapons of mass destruction including solar panels and medical supplies. Yesterday we had an early test for Murray McCully's desire to solve the Middle East crisis. Two Maori Television journalists, Native Affairs reporter Ruwani Perera and cameraman Jacob…
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Open mike 30/06/2015
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Daily Review 29/06/2015
[Picture to commemorate the last Native Affairs show with Mihi Forbes' involvement] Daily review is also your post. This provides Standarnistas 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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Will New Zealand social housing soon subsidise Australian social housing?
John Key was on Radio New Zealand this morning talking about the sale of social housing to Australian Social Housing provider Horizon Housing. Vague John as opposed to Definite John ("it is all Labour's fault and here is the conclusive proof" or "Labour does it…
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Watch Native Affairs tonight
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Youth rates and youth employment
Remember how National's youth rates were going to raise levels of youth employment? Turns out not so much. This slide from a talk by CPAG's Alan Johnson is doing the rounds on Twitter this morning: The red line is employment for the over 65's. The…
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Inequality – Treasury report
Last week Treasury came out with a detailed and interesting report, Inequality in New Zealand 1983/84 to 2013/14. The web page is here, and the full document (pdf) here. From the summary: The results indicate an increase in the inequality of market and disposable income…
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Open mike 29/06/2015
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