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Long serving Labour Party MP Clayton Cosgrove is leaving Parliament. It's unclear whether that means seeing the term out, or whether he will resign, allowing a new list MP to join caucus, but he has announced he will not fight the next election. I liked…
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A member of Young Labour, TheSocialDemocrat, has suggested this manifesto as a starting point for defining the debate in the post neo-liberal era. There's much that's very, very good in it and it draws on the policy platforms of all the opposition parties while adding…
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Yesterday The Nation interviewed the Centre for Public Integrity's Peter Bale about the Panama Papers. The full video is here. A summary is here: 'Strong NZ connection' to Panama Papers A Kiwi journalist at the heart of a huge leak of documents from a Panama-based…
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The Auckland local government race isn't the only one where begging is becoming a top issue. Here's what Labour candidate for Wellington City mayor Justin Lester had to say about it on Facebook this week. On Friday the National Business Review asked me and all…
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At first blush the basic, and perhaps only, criticism I'd make of the nightly gatherings taking place across France are the same I had of 'Occupy'- having gatherings where one person is given the ability to talk to (at) hundreds of others, is inimical to…
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David Fisher in the Herald has reported that John Key attended a private luncheon set up to raise funds for the pro flag change campaign. Given events this week the timing and optics are shall we say not ideal for the Government. And the story for…
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One of these things is not like the other, One of these things is not quite the same. Can you guess which one is not like the other, Can you tell me before I finish the game?
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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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Performance by an English three piece, covers band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbLGG5UGEKw
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Top work Gerry, top work - Christchurch rebuild gets worst rating from Treasury A second fail grade for Gerry Brownlee on the Christchurch central city rebuild has Labour renewing calls for him to step aside. Treasury has given the project the worst possible rating, which…
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One of the few things the Nats normally excel at, is selecting a suitably unqualified flunkey to ensure an office they have no regard for is suitably undermined – witness the Race Relations Commissioner. Why then Boshier, whose only previous was an eight year stretch…
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Remember John Key promising that the TPPA would be subject to full parliamentary scrutiny? Well National has moved to slash the time the select committee has to consider and report on submissions presented by New Zealanders on the treaty. From Radio New Zealand: MPs have…
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Why does it take a volunteer organisation like Auckland Action Against Poverty to help people get the benefits that they are entitled to? Yesterday: Beneficiaries line up for help A crew of more than 100 volunteers are helping people access the benefits they're entitled to…
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Essential reading on the tax haven scandal, Dita DeBoni: NZ needs to get out of the cycle of corrupt money ... The current Government does not understand, or simply rejects, the idea that housing the wealth of the global elite is an immoral activity. It…
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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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Which does NZ welcome with open arms? Times cartoonist Morten Morland nails Planet Key: https://twitter.com/mortenmorland/status/717283212007964672
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Whatever NZ Post chair Michael Cullen, or the Government, says about the partial sale of Kiwibank to the “Cullen Fund” and ACC, it is privatisation by stealth. NZ Super by definition is a terminating fund, set up to ease the financial burden of pension payments…
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A couple of Mayoral candidates on the right of politics have recently proposed that Councils should take punitive steps to stop begging. In Auckland Mark Thomas wants a tougher bylaw to end street begging for good although he admits that the problem is complex and…
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Contrast John Key’s response to revelations in the “Panama Papers” tax evasion scandal to that of most leaders and you understand where the prime minister and National stand on tax and a fair society. Key’s response was to state that New Zealand has a “robust,…
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John Key's evasions on our country's role as an international tax haven have been truly shameful, his usual mixture of outright lies, half-truths and evasions. Yesterday Vernon Small took him apart in this strongly worded piece: Panama Papers: New Zealand's trusted reputation demands changes to…
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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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This morning Michael Cullen announced plans to sell 45% of Kiwibank: NZ Post looks to sell 45% of Kiwibank New Zealand Post plans to sell 45 percent of Kiwibank's holding company to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and Super Fund, chairman Michael Cullen has announced.…
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Key says that no one owns water, but that's just semantic games, because "water rights" can certainly be sold. Earlier this week - For sale: 40 billion litres of Canterbury's purest water A council in the drought-prone Canterbury plains is selling the right to extract…
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In the news yesterday: NZ is facing a 'crisis of distrust' with faith in MPs plummeting - new study Public trust in New Zealand's politicians has plummeted over the past three years with Kiwis particularly concerned by funding of political parties, a study has found.…
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I'm sure Hager's team won't mind us reproducing this press release in full. It sounds like the Police have a lot of questions to answer. Nicky Hager files further proceedings against the Police Nicky Hager has filed further proceedings in the High Court against the…
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