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Open mike 05/05/2016
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Daily Review 04/05/2016
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Indiana vote
Keep an eye on the Indiana US primary vote today. Trump has already buried Cruz - the final nail in the coffin for the #NeverTrump brigade. Republicans, meet your candidate. And think about what you have done. Sanders and Clinton started neck and neck at…
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REALITY TV UPDATE: Mark Weldon Wins NZ’s Biggest Loser.
Well, well, well. After successfully retooling TV3 as a comedy channel, CEO Mark Weldon has announced he's quitting, two days after claiming he thought he still had the full support of the MediaWorks board. That claim of 'full support' made me laugh. It's what you…
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Little’s Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill up today
Keep an eye on this today: Labour makes another push for rental heating and insulation standards ... Little's Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill will have its first reading on Wednesday. If passed, the legislation would set minimum standards of heating and insulation for rental homes to…
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Key and McClay sorting out their lines
The wheels of coverup spin right out in the open these days. Yesterday Key had to feed McClay his lines - Tracy Watkins: Brain fade embarrassment averted When McClay was door-stopped on Tuesday over whether he knew Whitney worked for Key at the time the…
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The unfortunate case of the Overseas Investment Office handling of the purchase of a Taranaki Farm
They say in politics that a news story is good for the opposition/bad for the Government if it hits the media cycle two days in a row. If it appears for a third or a fourth day then it is a crisis and urgent action…
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Open mike 04/05/2016
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Daily Review 03/05/2016
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The wheels on the bus go round and round
Key chucks his “lawyer” under a bus - Part 2. Key's lawyer is taking one for the team, but I can't imagine he's happy about it. Prime Minister John Key agrees lawyer's email was 'sloppily written' Speaking to reporters this morning, Mr Key said he…
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National standards – a failed crusade
Great to see The Herald doing a focus on primary education this week! The first piece in the series seems (from the list at the bottom of the article) to have started life titled "National Standards: A failed crusade?". Yesterday it was "The $250m National…
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Climate Change Change Pt 1: What are we waiting for?
A decade ago, and a good handful of years before the appearance of modern, government-enforced punitive austerity, there was a grass roots movement based in the US that attempted to show people how they could meaningfully respond to Climate Change. It was called the Riot…
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Compass serves up very little tax
I can see this becoming a regular series. Another day, another example of how this Government's blind ideological incompetence is causing harm to New Zealand's society has come to light. This time it is another unfortunate juxtaposition of issues where the privatisation of a service that…
national Privatisation same old national tax the praiseworthy and the pitiful you couldn't make this shit up
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We’re number one!
https://twitter.com/bernardchickey/status/727013307878502400
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Open mike 03/05/2016
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Daily Review – 02/05/2016
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Maybe stop dropping it…
Globally January the hottest January on record. February the hottest February on record. March the hottest March on record. If April also shows up as the hottest land and ocean surface temperature for April on record, then that will be 12 consecutive months of hottest…
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Key chucks his “lawyer” under a bus
Typical Key - PM denies giving lawyer info on trust changes The Prime Minister says his lawyer misrepresented him when lobbying the Revenue Minister not to change the rules governing foreign-owned trusts. Key has form on lying, you'd hope that his "lawyer" does not. https://twitter.com/DavidSlack/status/726854678764355584…
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Budget month
National's budgets are boring affairs, but they will be hoping for some distraction from current events. For example: Key promises a strong budget to address economic and social issues Prime Minister John Key is signalling an ongoing enthusiasm for the job and is promising a…
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Tax haven questions for National
The tax haven concerns keep coming. An anonymous editorial in the Dom Post: Taxing questions to answer Prime Minister John Key's lawyer, Ken Whitney, runs a company inviting foreigners to put their money in a New Zealand trust. The idea is that it won't be…
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Open mike 02/05/2016
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Dunne concerned about “extremely damaging” tax haven label – years too late
Is Peter Dunne waking up at last? Peter Dunne – tax haven label ‘extremely damaging’ Former Revenue Minister Peter Dunne told TV One’s Q+A programme, ‘if the label ‘tax haven’ is being bandied about now as it is, sticks, then that’s extremely damaging. You think…
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Garner – government “missing in action”
A good piece from Duncan Garner yesterday: Some home truths for a Government missing in action How committed is the Government to putting the brakes on the house price crisis? Simple – they're not. Too many people are doing very nicely thanks very much (and…
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Open mike 01/05/2016
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