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As widely reported yesterday, the Nats have set out our emissions reduction target (Small and Wannan): Tim Groser commits New Zealand to 11pc cut in greenhouse gases The Government has set a target of an 11 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on 1990…
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To paraphrase Michael Hudson, debts which cannot be repaid will not be repaid. The only question is, figuring out how not to repay those debts. The humane political economic activity before Europe now is in structuring new financial arrangements which will allow the ordinary people…
capitalism class war colonialism debt / deficit Europe Financial markets poverty
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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 government has awarded itself a nice report card: Crime and welfare-dependency down - Government report card The number of children living in benefit-dependent households has dropped by 42,000 in three years, new government figures show. Some of the specific indicators are good. But with…
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The most stunning moment in the Greek referendum result was the immediate resignation of Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. He had already said he would quit if the referendum was lost; nobody expected that he would go after such a convincing win. But Varoufakis is not…
Annette King capitalism class war clayton cosgrove david cunliffe david shearer International labour phil goff politicans Politics socialism
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From Stuff yesterday: Police undertaking to Dirty Politics author Nicky Hager allegedly broken Police broke their undertaking not to use information seized from the home of Dirty Politics author Nicky Hager, the investigative journalist's lawyer claims. ... Hager wants the High Court to review the…
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A few weeks ago, The Economist led with this paragraph. THE struggle has been long and arduous. But gazing across the battered economies of the rich world it is time to declare that the fight against financial chaos and deflation is won. In 2015, 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. Update: For BM's education ...
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https://twitter.com/charlesfrith/status/617665034815062016 And while we're on the subject... https://twitter.com/beingrichard/status/617777592184242180
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Bill English talking about dairy and recession on Q&A yesterday.. "It's about 5 to 6 per cent of the whole economy. It's only 20 per cent of our exports. The other 80 per cent will be starting to enjoy the benefits of the lower exchange rate,…
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All the way back in March the Nats (along with ACT and Peter Dunne) voted down the "feed the kids" bill. Better to spend money on a flag change that no one wants, rather than feeding hungry kids, apparently. Part of Key's argument against the…
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(Photo from AFP) By the time you read this the Greeks will have voted in a referendum on whether or not they should accept austerity. The stakes are high. Next week either they resign themselves to continuous austerity imposed hardship or they move into unchartered waters and…
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I'm no economist, but shouldn't the fact that China's main stockmarket has lost 28% of its share value since mid June be a cause of concern for some? As far as I understand stuff, NZ was somewhat buffered from the 2008 financial collapse in the…
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Herald columnist Paul Little has done some good stuff in the past, but today's effort on Greenpeace is a disgrace. Nothing but ill-informed prejudice on parade: It's stunt season for show ponies Friends don't let friends work for Greenpeace. When one of my friends told…
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Another Herald Gossip columnist with strong National Party links, Pebbles Hooper, created a stir yesterday on Twitter by suggesting that the tragic death of an Ashburton mum and her three children was "natural selection". Although the causes of their death are known the police are still investigating…
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On Friday The Herald published (as obscurely as it could) the following: Press council rules against Herald on 'Ponygate' interview On April 23, the New Zealand Herald published, front-page and online, an article about Amanda Bailey and the controversy over her reaction to the Prime…
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There was this one time when the Government understood that workers coming into NZ to help rebuild Christchurch were very vulnerable to exploitation. Because a work visa is tied to a particular employer, migrant workers found that raising any issue such as getting the minimum…
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There never was a "rockstar" economy. There was a period of high international dairy prices and artificial stimulus from the Christchurch rebuild. Take those away and what have you got? Not much: Economy expands 0.2pc - weakest quarterly growth in two years New Zealand's $239…
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Labour MP Poto Williams has been running a campaign against a proposed National law change that will require charities to pay for what will be compulsory vetting of volunteers. The cost to the voluntary sector will be considerable. Despite a number of submissions being made…
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Weekend social is for non political chat. What's on for the weekend, gigs, film or book reviews, sports, or whatever. No politics, no aggro, why can't we all just get along?
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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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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In what may be an unheard of event within NZ First, Winston Peters' choice of deputy leader has been dumped. Tracey Martin has been voted out in favour of Ron Mark. Both Martin and Mark are good contributors in Parliament, though Mark has far more…
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I was impressed that Andrew Little tweeted a supportive response to Mandy Hager's open letter to Labour Leader Andrew Little. I fully agree with Ms Hager that the Labour leader must show passion and fire. I just watched President Barack Obama sing Amazing Grace in a…
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National Party Minister Nick Smith appears to have misled Parliament in his response to what appears to be clear evidence of the illegal export of kauri logs. Kauri can only be exported as a finished product or as a stump. Smith, speaking on behalf of…
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The Press Council has now released its decision on the complaints laid against the Herald about Rachel Glucina's reporting of Amanda Bailey's story. The complaint was essentially that Glucina had obtained statements from Bailey by subterfuge by claiming that she was acting in her capacity as…