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Open mike 27/08/2016
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Daily Review 25/08/2016
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Abrupt climate change: CO2 equivalent now at 485 ppm
Abrupt climate change can be considered radical climate change which occurs in just a few short years. The paleoclimate record shows that in the distant past, >10 deg C of warming (or cooling) has occurred in a time frame of only one or two decades…
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Robertson: Lessons from the Future of Work Commission
Grant Robertson's speech to the Wellington Future of Work seminar as posted by Labour: Lessons from the Future of Work Commission: Building Wealth from the Ground Up Good morning, and thank you for attending today’s Future of Work Seminar here in Wellington. I want to…
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Chart of the day: The “building boom”
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Third term and full of ideas…
You know National really have their finger on the pulse with their latest members bills. First was Nuk Korako showing why he's 50 on the list with a bill that seems to not actually affect anything. There don't seem to be any Airports that have…
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Homeless crisis – Nats in full denial
The worsening of the homelessness crisis is not just an Auckland phenomenon: Homelessness rising in Dunedin The Government has been accused of avoiding its responsibilities after research showed homelessness rates in Dunedin have increased by 70% since 2001. This comes as Social Housing Minister Paula…
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Open mike 26/08/2016
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Daily Review 25/08/2016
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Complaint over Key’s prison rape stunt upheld
As it should be - Complaint over prison rape joke involving PM is upheld A prison rape joke involving the Prime Minister "went too far and showed poor judgment", the Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled. The media regulator upheld a complaint about the radio stunt…
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Things other than States
Recently Bowalley Road complained about post-settlement organisations forming a Maori middle class. Like it was a bad thing. I’m also hearing people on the left decry the idea of the state. Being an only slightly repentant modernist statist Labour supporter, I thought I might find…
Abuse of power ACC capitalism Deep stuff Politics treaty settlements
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Foreign buyers estimated at 29%
Most of the media has reported the Government's "3%" spin on the extent of residential property purchases in NZ going to foreign buyers pretty uncritically. There have been honourable exceptions, and yesterday property editor Anne Gibson in The Herald joined them: Foreigners buying 29pc of…
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Open mike 25/08/2016
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Dr Kate Amore on Homelessness
Dr Kate Amore and Rev Tric Malcolm will discuss this issue on Friday 26th August at 5:30pm at Connolly Hall, Wellington. Amore's research released today shows "As the housing market gets tighter, single people have more flexibility and potentially more options open to them, whereas…
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Daily Review 24/08/2016
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“Flushing flows”
To spell that out, we are at the point now of legitimising the pollution of rivers by using the rivers themselves as toilet flushing mechanisms. Since the Havelock North gastro outbreak nearly 4,000 people have emailed the Hawke's Bay regional councillors to oppose the…
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Fleeing Auckland
Online magazine The Spinoff (recommended!) has a widely quoted piece up today: One in three Aucklanders has recently considered quitting Auckland because of house prices – poll The Spinoff/SSI survey reveals the extraordinary impact of housing crisis on residents of New Zealand’s biggest city –…
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Assange is a hero: Jill Stein US Greens Presidential Candidate
Julian Assange and his organisation Wikileaks has been right on the front lines of the fight against the west's now all pervasive military, security and surveillance state. That position has put him in the firing line of both overt and covert attack by establishment loyalists,…
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Key vs science on water quality
One of the first times Key was actually seriously confronted in an interview was on the BBC's Hardtalk in 2011. Among the topics was our "100% Pure" slogan and our water quality. Here's an account in The Listener: The most controversial part of the interview…
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Open mike 24/08/2016
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Daily Review 23/08/2016
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Nats push stupidest education plan ever
It's not April 1st, so I'm forced to conclude that this is a genuine announcement: Students to learn online from home instead of at school under major education reform School-age students will be able to enrol in an accredited online learning provider instead of attending…
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Andrew Little on housing
Andrew Little has an excellent piece on Stuff this morning: Andrew Little: Time for excuses over, time to build houses It's official: the average Auckland house price has doubled since the Key Government came to power. In December 2008, the average house cost $496,000. Now…
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The countries that accept foreign donations to political parties
The countries that accept foreign donations to political parties are in red (source):
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Someone in Hamilton is racist as well as stupid
It is election time. Throughout the country billboards are springing up from the ground with pictures of people wanting to be civic leaders and associated words designed to persuade the public that these people understand the job and will represent them best. Graffiti and damage…
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Guest post: Tane Phillips for Māori Vice President
The Standard’s authors have offered candidates for the upcoming Labour Party internal elections the chance to guest post about why they’re running. Tane Phillips has been nominated for the position of Māori Vice President. lprent: Note that, like all campaign for party position posts, this post…
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Open mike 23/08/2016
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Watershit Down
The Government has bowed to public pressure and announced what they claim is a "wide reaching" inquiry into how Havelock North and other parts of Central Hawkes Bay lost their once safe water supply. One small problem, however. Cabinet has decided that the inquiry should…
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Daily Review 22/08/16
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The cross-party inquiry into homelessness is under way
Early this year National blocked a proposal for an official inquiry into homelessness. ...Little said the decision was disappointing, as there needed to be a "cross-party consensus" on the issue. "No New Zealander feels good about children sleeping rough and families living in their cars...this…