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Much nonsense is written about polls. People (some of whom really should know better) try to create narratives out of noise. Long term aggregate trends matter, individual polls are just data points. Here's the latest data point: Labour's support recovers to 30s Labour's support has…
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The way that lawmaking should occur is that a bill is introduced, it is sent to a select committee for consideration, submissions from the public and professional bodies are carefully considered, meaningful changes are then made and the bill is then returned to our parliament…
Abuse of power Deep stuff national Politics same old national
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By Simon Louisson John Key says New Zealand has options in the face of a share market meltdown. The Prime Minister says that New Zealand is not like Greece (well that’s a relief). The question is how real are those options? Enormous debt built up…
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' John Key's National Ltd™ reduced yesterday's Question Time to farce in an effort to pretend that its Whangarei MP, Shane "Bully Boy" Reti, had not been caught out in another lie. This time, Reti lied about the process involved in the ratification of the TPP. In…
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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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I/S at No Right Turn writes: Climate change: Absolute madness The government has recently set itself a patheticly unambitious target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 11% on 1990 levels by 2030. Meanwhile, they'rehanding out tens of millions of dollars a year to big polluters…
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Another entry in the ongoing story of Steven Joyce's ego-ministry: Steven Joyce justifies cost of $600K government website - The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's new website went live yesterday, and the first media release revealed it cost $599,872 to create it. Just two…
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Hat Tip to Coffee Connoisseur for bringing this article to our attention in Open Mike today. Service hub technology is automating call center and receptionist roles right now and this will increase in pace as more and more switch to connecting with services using…
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For all that I like to point out the multiple failings of "private providers", it is sadly the case that the state doesn't always get social services right either - and historically it has sometimes got it spectacularly wrong. This is a particularly shameful chapter:…
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We live in interesting times. Who would have thought even a few months ago that the price of oil would decline to US $40 a barrel? But it has despite being over $100 a barrel 12 months ago. And reports of an increase amount of oil…
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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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Every bubble must pop some time. And since GFC 1 the powers that be have been blowing up massive asset price bubbles all over the world. Now it looks like a reversion to mean in the global markets might be on the cards and be…
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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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More bad news for fans of private prisons: Kelvin Davis: 'The whole Serco experiment has failed' A Serco prison guard is under investigation following claims he was involved in a jailhouse fight with a Mt Eden Prison inmate. The Government was forced to take control…
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Jeremy Corbyn has just announced that under a Labour Government, state assets privatised by the Tories might be renationalised, with minimal compensation. I can see a certain Tory Labour "centrist" clique frowning at the 'extremist' audacity Corbyn is engaging in. Clearly the man has no…
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National is being humiliated over its "health" and "safety" bill. Is worm farming dangerous or not? Judith Collins thinks it might be: "I've been assured it's not because of worms turning dangerously; it's actually because of heavy moving equipment and things". John Key goes through…
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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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Thanks to Swordfish who kindly let me edit and repost his excellent comment from Mike Smith's post "The Centre of Attention". As a prelude I'd like to include an incisive comment made by Sanctuary which to me sums up the situation that Labour strategists like…
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https://twitter.com/JohnJCampbell/status/634831578435203072 In my opinion Dita De Boni (KeepingMum) will be particularly missed. She was (since Tapu Misa quietly disappeared a two years ago) almost the last remaining leftish voice at The Herald. I'm surprised she lasted as long as she did. Would the last journalist…
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In a post on Public Address titled "In defence of the centre" Rob Salmond uses a Guardian article by George Monbiot to pose the question "whether the old political orthodoxy of 'move to the middle' is, long term, a death-knell for left-leaning parties." It's good…
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By Simon Louisson Brace for another State-Owned Enterprise debacle when Landcorp releases its annual result next week. Solid Energy was this month placed in Voluntary Administration following its financial collapse. Landcorp may not be in quite the same pit as the coal miner, but negative…
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I/S at No Right Turn: Exposing dirty politics Back in April it was revealed that Prime Minister John Key had systematically and repeatedly assaulted and sexually harassed a cafe waitress (while his police bodyguards stood around and did nothing). Shortly afterwards, dirty politics operative and…
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There is a saying amongst public servants that you can squeeze an organisation but when the pips start coming out you know you have gone too far. The Department of Conservation is showing signs of the pips coming out. It used a local chapter of…
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No surprises here: School cash flows to owners' pockets Some of the country's flagship charter schools are paying their owners hundreds of thousands in governance fees to help manage average rolls of just 70 children. An analysis of audited financial returns has shown administration and…
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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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It might not have felt like it if you live in Central Otago or Southland, but the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has just declared July the warmest month ever when looking at both land and ocean together, in its 136 year history.…