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Daily Review 22/07/2015
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Corrections minister in trouble
https://twitter.com/TovaOBrien/status/623678735951138817 https://twitter.com/LIVENewsDesk/status/623689882448232449 https://twitter.com/patrickgowernz/status/623691148859588608 https://twitter.com/felixmarwick/status/623679510324469760 Update: Kelvin Davis's question in Parliamentary Questions today. https://youtu.be/qkjNj8eBgRM
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More charter school fiascos
Two days ago, this happened: Government under fire for charter school 'rort' The government is under fire for awarding a charter school a contract before ensuring it had somewhere to teach its kids. Villa Education Trust was unable to find a big enough site to…
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Saying one thing and doing the other
Saying one thing and doing the other has always been National's style, but this morning's interview on RNZ makes it particularly clear: House price rise increases inequality - English The Finance Minister agrees rising house prices in Auckland are making inequality worse by shutting low…
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The Fighting Foreign Corporate Control Bill
https://vimeo.com/132573365 Fletcher Tabuteau from New Zealand First should be praised for drafting a private member's bill in an attempt to stop New Zealand entering into any treaty that includes provision for investor-state dispute settlement. Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party support the introduction of the…
act democracy under attack greens International labour maori party national national/act government nz first peter dunne same old national trade
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Open mike 22/07/2015
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Daily Review 21/07/2015
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Serco should be sacked
Kelvin Davis's speech today during the urgent debate in Parliament today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=15&v=i5vrg4tnURI And Peseta Sam Loto-Iiga's rather strange response. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=43&v=4lTM4Tj8gkY And some twitter response to the debate. https://twitter.com/toby_etc/status/623340672804728836 https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/623332582969610241 https://twitter.com/bsidebeats/status/623332490002825216 https://twitter.com/norightturnnz/status/623329509165498368 https://twitter.com/UnPressed/status/623329300884779008 https://twitter.com/mizjwilliams/status/623333053360795650
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The great state house sell off – small groups need not apply
Remember the Government announcement that the sale of Housing Corporation houses was to build local capacity in the social sector? Well it looks like only those organisations that have an existing capacity to purchase at least a hundred houses need apply. From Stuff: Charities wanting…
class war housing john key making shit up national paula bennett same old national slippery you couldn't make this shit up
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Benefit numbers falling – through the cracks
Last Friday there was another of the Nats' wee flutters of excitement on falling benefit numbers: Number receiving benefits drops The number of people receiving benefits is the lowest for any June quarter since 2008. ...Social Development Minister Anne Tolley said she was pleased to…
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Go Trump Go!
From the party that was willing to put Sarah Palin a heart beat away from the nuclear trigger comes the latest episode of mass insanity. Donald Trump is polling strongly and could conceivably be the next Republican nominee for the President of the United States.…
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Open mike 21/07/2015
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Daily Review 20/07/2015
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NRT: Facilitating tax cheats
I/S at No Right Turn... Facilitating tax cheats Just before the budget the government announced new rules for real estate transactions aimed at cracking down on tax cheats and speculators. So naturally, we now have real estate agents trying to rush sales through before those…
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National Debt cracks the ton
debt / deficit Economy economy national national/act government same old national
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National doesn’t know what it’s doing on foreign buyers
National really doesn't know what it's doing on the issues of foreign buyers of NZ land. They're clear about the need to put the boot in to Labour of course: John Key criticises Labour's desperate attempts on property data Prime Minister John Key has criticised…
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Charge Cameron Slater or let me hack systems
Early last week I made a statement to and complained to the police about Cameron Slater paying Ben Rachinger to try to hack into my computers on the behalf of his mysterious "funder". I'd read the various bits of information that Rachinger has scattered across various parts…
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Open mike 20/07/2015
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Labouring it.
A week after deciding to fuck a hornets nest by sallying forth with a xenophobic dog-whistle over NZ’s housing market problems, how’s it going for Labour? Some within the party had expected a bounce in the polls and, well…the Colmar Brunton poll out today has…
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TV One Colmar Brunton Poll
The latest One News Colmar Brunton poll is out. National drop one to 47%, Labour gain that point to lift to 32%, the Greens rise to 13% and NZ First are steady on 7%. The result in June was National 48, Labour 31, Greens 10,…
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The two realities of Health and Safety at work will be on show this week
This week three big things are happening which will show how detached this Government is from the realities of workers and their families working in dangerous workplaces. The private prosecution over the death of Eramiha Pairama Aged 19, killed in a forest in December 2013. …
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Signposts and weathercocks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClhGUGkrZQ4 In her celebrated maiden speech Mhairi Black talked about Tony Benn and the inspiration that he provided her. Benn was a true left winger who stuck to his beliefs. He was described as one of the few United Kingdom politicians to have become more left-wing after…
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Dear John Roughan
Dear John Roughan - I don't think you're a stupid person, but sometimes you use your platform in The Herald to say stupid things. Over the years you have written many "climate change is real but who cares" pieces. Your latest yesterday was a shocker:…
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Open mike 19/07/2015
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Local right wing media on climate change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUAGy1hXV8I Mike Hosking has been on holiday lately and Newstalk ZB have brought in Jack Tame to do his Mike's minute slot. The change has been enjoyable. Tame's final effort which you can see here allowed him to rail against the world's inaction on climate…
articles climate change disaster Environment farming global warming Media science sustainability the praiseworthy and the pitiful
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Doledrums
New Zealand is steadily heading into economic and personal depression, according to data just released by the ANZ. Employment statistics have dropped for the fourth month in a row. Labour's Grant Robertson is spot on when he says that ANZ's figures showed the true state…
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Labour on fire at will
A bit of confusion yesterday re Labour's position on the fire at will (90 day trial) law. Mid day it was widely reported that: Labour would retain 90-day trial periods, but make them fairer - Little Andrew Little appears to have made an about turn…
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Open mike 18/07/2015
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Daily Review 17/07/2015
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RM: Labour jumps 6% – LAB/GR coalition leads
Looks to me like Labour did not need to head right with the red meat and pro-bosses 'keep the right to fire' agenda in order to get ahead. And ahead they are when considered in tandem with the very necessary Green Party, in a very…