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Daily Review 18/07/2017
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Nats’ shameful surrender on suicide
The Nats know all about the importance of monitoring and goals when it comes to effecting change. For example, when it comes to beneficiary bashing: Mr English said the valuation [of benefit costs] was an important “performance tool” and would change the behaviour of the…
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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is based on the idea that nature is a powerhouse of sustainability. It uses nature mimicry to establish productive systems that are self sustaining, require little external inputs, and that focus on ecological cycles like those that build soil rather than mechanistic systems…
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David Seymour is the smeghead of the year
I know the year is only part way through and that it is election year so there will be endless opportunities for politicians to be really dickish about things but I think we should call it now. We have a winner. No politican will be…
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Labour’s first campaign ad
The Greens a pushing hard for the strong left vote, Labour is aiming for the moderate / center left. Good tactics from the team that understands MMP. Labour's first campaign ad strongly features Andrew Little, see Vernon Small - 'Andrew Little, regular guy' is the…
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Benefit fraud vs white collar crime
The political hills are echoing with the aftermath of Meteri Turei's confession of lying to WINZ, and Paula Bennett's conciliatory and very precisely worded claim of not having done so "deliberately". A good time to revisit the topic of benefit fraud vs white collar crime…
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Open Mike 18/07/2017
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Daily Review 17/07/2017
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Metiria Turei and Paula Bennett on benefit fraud
Metiria Turei's admission that she lied to WINZ back in the day was a political gamble. On one hand it could resonate with a big chunk of non-voters - here's a politician that's just like us - has been through what we're going through. On…
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Election 2017: the battle lines are drawn
What a weekend ... First there was the attempted splash on Labour suggesting that the latest UMR poll had seem its support drop significantly. While this may be true the Roy Morgan poll released at the same time showed a significant increase in support for…
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Nats default to bully mode over Barclay scandal
National has a long history, of bullying, intimidation and dirty politics. And they're at it again: What's behind the strange goings on in Southland? There is a sinister side to the fake news phenomenon. And it was never going to be long before those in…
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Lefties on fire
The Greens did some very cool stuff yesterday. Then leftie twitter burned, https://twitter.com/metiria/status/886396934100930560 https://twitter.com/metiria/status/886397419239350272 https://twitter.com/DeborahMTNZ/status/886398471212679168 https://twitter.com/di_f_w/status/886407672051810304 https://twitter.com/di_f_w/status/886410945559371776 https://twitter.com/whaeapower/status/886401918112641028 https://twitter.com/farmgeek/status/886471119368208388 https://twitter.com/NicolaPatrickNZ/status/886475160940822528 https://twitter.com/LewSOS/status/886467428720427014 https://twitter.com/huntersimon1979/status/886455702490710017 https://twitter.com/mrbarnabyb/status/886440088648929280 https://twitter.com/LostArcNZ/status/886416089005019138 It took a while for the RW trolling to start. David Seymour put his hand up especially high. Brave seeing as…
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Open Mike 17/07/2017
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This is not an image of a Low Flying Penguin.
So Metiria Turei told porkies to WINZ when she was a solo parent. Big fucking whoops. I'm guessing a whole pile of people without a fucking clue will attempt to jump all over her for that. And they'll make as though they've never fiddled their…
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The Greens’ new welfare policy
The Greens are set to announce a major welfare policy from their AGM at 1pm today. The Herald, The Green Party is set to announce one of its most ambitious policies, which it hopes will put New Zealand on the path ending poverty. It is…
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Why there should be work and drug test obligations for National MPs
Under this Government if you are a beneficiary there are strenuous work obligations and drug test obligations. The Government seems to take a sadistic pleasure in making people look for non existing jobs or to submit themselves to drug tests that almost invariably showed that…
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National’s brighter future
New Zealand used to be a land where everyone had a chance to have a decent life. Norm Kirk put it well in this description that Grant Robertson has referred to many times: What New Zealanders want is somewhere to work, somewhere to live, someone…
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Incrementalists ‘Brick It’
I'd characterise incrementalists as people who acknowledge the science and seriousness of global warming, but who maintain it's possible to use capitalism as a way to counter it. In that vein, we're talking about such things as getting the right price on carbon, building 'green'…
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The Greens rock their AGM
Yesterday James Shaw gave a speech about climate change to the Green Party AGM. He pointed to the now normal breaking away of parts of the Antarctic iceshelf, the Larsen break-off this week, which is part of the full break up of the whole Larsen…
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Open Mike 16/07/2017
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The Green Infrastructure Fund
Press release from the Green Party's AGM. ________________________________________________________________________ Green Infrastructure Fund | Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand It’s time to speed up investment in the big projects that will kick-start the green economy and create good jobs. Responding to the challenge of climate change…
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James Shaw Speech to the Green’s conference – Greening the Government
Text of the prepared speech delivered today by James Shaw to the Green Party conference. He koutu whenua, he take whenua, e kore e taea te riri. Tīhei mauriora! He mihi nui ki ngā mana whenua o tēnei takiwā, Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrakei, tēnā koutou…
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Who are the real enemies of the centre left?
Simon Wilson wrote this piece offering advice to Labour and the Greens about how to win this election. The advice caused a considerable amount of blowback in twitterland. And while some of it is accurate other parts I disagreed with completely. His article is about…
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Nats panic over climbing prison population – I have some advice
Seems the Nats are starting to panic (Shane Cowlishaw on Newsroom): Government searches for prison panacea The Government has been unapologetic for the record high prison population, but that confidence may be beginning to waver. ... Corrections Minister Louise Upston has sought advice about how…
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Open Mike 15/07/2017
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Two polls
Lots of news today. UMR's polling may or may not have been leaked and it may suggest that Labour is at 26%, the Greens at 14% and National is at 42%. And on the same day the latest Roy Morgan poll comes out suggesting that Labour…
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Daily Review 14/07/2017
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Caption contest
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Breeding for a business
Day two and ACT is still obsessing about people's breeding habits. Apparently trying to make sure that kids don't starve is creating us all into bludgers. And you don't use the forces of the state to help kids because hell someone might think that it…
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May calls for Corbyn’s help
Theresa May knows that the tories are utterly stuffed over Brexit so she's calling for ideas / trying to spread the blame. Theresa May asks opponents for 'ideas' to tackle Britain's 'challenges' Brexit weekly briefing: embattled Theresa May concedes she needs help Monday briefing: Mayday!…