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Justice Minister Amy Adams has announced there will be no compensation for David Bain for his incarceration although it has decided to award compensation for undue delay difficulties in finalising the matter processing the claim in a hope the matter will be finalised by the payment of…
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The Nats are peddling dodgy statistics again - 3 per cent of NZ house buyers officially from overseas. Note "officially" not "actually". As for last quarter the current figures are well fudged, and the real rate of foreign ownership could be anywhere between 3 and…
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Well this is embarrassing. The European Union thinks that New Zealand is operating as a tax haven and is considering sanctions. From Newshub: Possible EU sanctions against New Zealand could make travel harder and have a massive effect on the economy. New Zealand is under…
Europe International john key national national/act government Politics same old national slippery tax
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The Nats like to pat themselves on the back over reducing the numbers on benefits. For a while now I've been asking a quick question - what happens to those who are kicked off? Fewer than half move in to jobs. What happens to the…
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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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Part one here. Neither international shipping nor aviation is included in any country’s CO2 emissions totals. Both sectors have been allowed to self regulate. Neither sector has done a damned thing about reducing emissions. A fair bit of what follows is based on study undertaken…
climate change energy Environment global warming political alternatives science transport vision
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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 banner headline from Paris – the one that no-one printed – was that the world will experience about 3.5 degrees of warming if governments meet all of the reduction pledges they’ve made. The unwritten sub-header might have stacked that headline against the multiple commitments…
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The Government has put a lot of weight on the Unitary Plan dealing with the housing crisis that clearly Auckland is in the middle of. Last week Minister of Housing Nick Smith said this: It’s not for me to be trying to influence the Council as…
Andrew Little auckland supercity bill english housing labour local government national Politics same old national
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National's deregulation of the building sector prepared the field for the multi-billion dollar leaky homes crisis. From which they have learnt - nothing. Govt won't investigate weak steel The government is downplaying the importation of hundreds of tonnes of weak Chinese steel is a one-off…
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When the Auckland housing bubble bursts a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money. They won't be able to say they weren't warned. Just as a random recent sample: 17 April 2014 (international): 12 Reasons Why New Zealand's Economic Bubble Will…
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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 …