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Daily Review 16/08/2017
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Key praises Ardern and Labour
Even John Key can see it: Labour made right call in promoting Ardern to leader, says former PM John Key Labour made the right decision to make Jacinda Ardern leader according to former Prime Minister John Key. Yes they did. A big bold gamble -…
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Race Relations Commissioner calls on UN to to support inquiry into the abuse of children in state care
In news this morning (RNZ): Devoy asks UN to take action on NZ state care abuse Race Relations Commissioner Susan Devoy has told the United Nations it must urge the New Zealand government to hold an independent inquiry into the abuse of children and people…
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This is life on a benefit for ill and disabled people
Tui Tapanui is a mother and grandmother living with chronic illness. She has a background in social research and recently wrote a twitter thread about the level of poverty many disabled people in NZ are living in. This post is from that thread, the full Storify is here including…
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Strewth Cobbah
You would think that New Zealand Labour was in possession of nuclear tipped medium range missiles and had threatened to let off a few into the sea near Tasmania just to make sure they worked. Such has been the overwhelming response from Australia's right about…
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NZ Super Fund divests from high risk fossil fuels
https://twitter.com/350nz/status/897255208853528576 https://twitter.com/Gnarly_Charl/status/897275912214925313 350 Aotearoa's press release at Scoop: Super Fund divestment shows real climate leadership Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 2:31 pm Press Release: 350 Aotearoa 350 Aotearoa is calling the news of the NZ Superannuation Fund, “an outstanding example of people-power pushing organisational leadership for…
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Open Mike 16/08/2017
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Daily Review 15/08/2017
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What are our SAS up to? An easy to digest guide!
Kia ora, I've been working on a project with film-making friends to try and make the disclosures in the book 'Hit and Run' by my brother Nicky and Jon Stephenson more quickly digestible - a short guide for those who haven't read the book or…
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Hope for Pike River families
Earlier today (Lloyd Burr at Newshub): Support grows for new 'Pike River Recovery Authority' A cross-party Pike River policy will be unveiled at Parliament today, and it's understood it outlines plans to create a new Government entity to look after Pike River Mine. All parties…
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Equal pay week of action 12 – 20 August
From the NZ Council of Trade Unions. _______________________________________________________________________ We know you support all Kiwis getting a fair go at work which is what our campaign for equal pay is all about. Come along to an event near you during the week of action 12 – 20…
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Labour’s policies
Everyone's got a wishlist, and these are some highlights from Labour's election one, so far, with six weeks to go before election day: INCOME AND ECONOMY - Retirement age stays at 65 - Re-start payments to NZSuperfund - Reduce unemployment to 4% - Reserve Bank…
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NRT: National resorts to racism on water
I/S at No Right Turn... National resorts to racism on water National knows it can't defeat the Labour-Green policy on water charging on fairness grounds, so they're now appealing to racism, with Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson scaremongering that making farmers pay their…
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Nats repeat failed bootcamp policy in plea to rally their scared angry base
This is pathetic: PM: There's no evidence boot camps for young serious offenders will work ... National is promising to create a new boot camp for youth offenders at the Waiouru Army base to crack down on 150 of the country's most serious young offenders.…
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Open Mike 15/08/2017
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The Newstralian Parliament
https://twitter.com/michaelcolhoun/status/896953327090491392 Policy idea for any party: Can we please keep making Aussie govt MPs citizens until they give NZ citizens in Oz the rights to education, health & social security they should get under CER? You know, the ones Aussies get when they come here.…
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Daily Review 14/08/2017
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Labour’s School Leavers’ Toolkit
As announced today: School Leavers’ Toolkit to equip young people for adult life Labour will give school leavers the practical skills and knowledge they need for adult life with a new School Leavers’ Toolkit, says Leader of the Opposition Jacinda Ardern. “Our teachers and schools…
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Chaos between supposed coalition partners
ACT is so desperate for some publicity that - Act's David Seymour calls out National's law and order policy Act leader David Seymour has launched an attack on National over its law and order policy and over a claim by National campaign chairman Steven Joyce…
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Brutal
When Metiria Turei and the Green Party spoke up about welfare last month, this is what they were talking about. What we've seen in the past few weeks is a mirror for what it is like on a benefit. It's far too often brutal, and…
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National’s weekend of blind panic
I have never seen so much panic out of National in a single weekend. Let's start with the desperate lies over Labour's plan to clean up our water with a minor tax on irrigation. National (Boag on Q&A) and proxies started going on about $18…
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Leaders in the progressive government-in-waiting
https://twitter.com/di_f_w/status/896281084857417728 When I popped back to my old home town this week, we visited the fine folks who gave me my first job. Forever grateful to Grant and Carol Covich. Wonderful people who taught me some important lessons (and still make the best fish n…
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Open Mike 14/08/2017
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National promises stronger, more skilled criminals
Despite their bootcamp policy being a complete failure, National are going to send our most "hardened" youth offenders to the Army to be trained up. If that fails, they'll send them to adult prisons to learn their craft better. How does this make any sense?…
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National promises to get tough on youth crime
This is a subject I feel I am able to comment on with some authority. I have worked in the Youth Court as a lawyer representing young people since its inception in 1989. The Government is planning a good old fashioned lock them up and…
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Dunne over
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The parties on science
There's an interesting piece by Peter Griffin over at Sciblogs on various parties' positions on science in NZ. Well worth a read, I'll quote just the Labour section: The political parties and where they stand on science ... Dr Megan Woods, Labour MP for Wigram,…
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The Greens: solidarity and resistance
The Green Party is about to relaunch its election campaign. There will be a post up by 1.30pm for the livestream. In the meantime I'd like to get this out of the way. The Greens are an enigma for some, and this is understandable because they…
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Green Party campaign relaunch 1.30pm Sunday
The Greens are spending the weekend resetting their election campaign. Now more than ever, we need a green heart in government to tackle climate change, restore our rivers and end poverty. Campaign Relaunch, Sunday 1.30pm via FB live. Tune in! #Green2017 EDIT: Livestream link (Facebook).…
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Open Mike 13/08/2017
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