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“Such inexcusable neglect”
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Open Mike 08/12/2017
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Authentic participation underpins a safe workplace
Safeguard magazine recently wanted to know more about which values properly embed health and safety in the workplace. They put it to us that "the necessary precondition for genuine worker involvement in health and safety is trust". Sure, I thought, trust is important. But trust…
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Daily Review 07/12/2017
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Caption contest
Keep it seemly.
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People of the Year
Time has named "The Silence Breakers," their term for members of the #MeToo campaign and other people breaking the silence about sexual abuse and assault, as its people of the year. This is an incredibly welcome change from last year's neo-nazi of the year, President…
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4 just became the new 2.
Projections for future levels of warming are calculated from “best guess” estimates around climate sensitivity. Climate sensitivity rests on some complex stuff, such as how changing cloud cover might affect the dynamics of warming. In essence, the lower that climate sensitivity is taken to be,…
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National Standards causes decline in educational levels
If you ask a Primary School teacher what has been the most retrograde step the last Government took in the education sector it would be National Standards. It sounded great. Instant ranking of your kid amongst their peers so you would know if they were…
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Trump trashes chance of Middle East peace for giggles and a diversion
Donald Trump is expected to announce today that the US embassy will be moved at some stage from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and that the US of A recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. From the New York Times: President Trump plans to recognize…
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Open Mike 07/12/2017
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Daily Review 06/12/2017
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English still whining
Surprise surprise - Bill English is still whining that that 44.4% should really be counted as 50.1% - https://twitter.com/NewshubPolitics/status/938164185669672960 Comments on that tweet are blunt - "He’s gutted he can’t round his way up to a majority. What a tosspot". "Breaking: Opposition Leader Does Not…
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Guest Post: Monbiot, Attenborough and Soper on environmental collapse
George Monbiot is an informed, fearless and independent journalist. This is what he has written recently about climate change. Which of these would you name as the world’s most pressing environmental issue? Climate breakdown, air pollution, water loss, plastic waste or urban expansion? My answer…
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Sport, politics and equality
Ok, so I know I’m rather late to the party on this but I figured that equality is timeless and it would be a pity to resist using this bully pulpit I have access to now as a vehicle to advance my pet topics. So…
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Gareth Hughes: When gaming becomes gambling
Cross-posted from blog.greens.org.nz, Green MP Gareth Hughes writes: _________________________________________________________________________________ I was really looking forward to playing the new Star Wars: Battlefront 2 game. It looked pretty cool and I liked the first instalment. But when I checked out the reviews online, nobody was talking about the…
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Open Mike 06/12/2017
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Daily Review 05/12/2017
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First year of study free launched by Prime Minister Ardern
Free study for everyone from next year, for first year. No age restrictions. Apprentices get two years free. 80,000 people starting off a new life, aiming for higher productivity. Prime Minister Ardern, launching it at Aotea College, said to the 500-odd students in the assembly:…
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Australian Parliament votes to accept New Zealand’s Manus Island offer
I would have loved to have been watching the face of Peter Dutton as this happened. Although like Supreme Court decisions not going his way he probably will choose to ignore the advice. Because the Australian Parliament voted to accept New Zealand's offer to take…
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Open Mike 05/12/2017
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Daily Review 04/12/2017
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Making official Information flow again
This morning on RNZ there was an excellent interview with the Chief Ombudsmen, Peter Boshier. He explains the failures of the OIA process and sheets it back to a lack of enforcement, a lack of top down leadership and the practice of political advisers putting…
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Shane Jones and work for the dole
Shane Jones has the ability to make the most straight forward proposal contentious. His recent use of the phrase "work for the dole" has caused some news comment. If only he could choose his language more carefully because what is being proposed is something different…
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Flynn cuts a deal while Trump scrambles
Over in the US of A there have been further developments in the continuing saga about whether or not Russia tilted the election in Trump's favour. And more importantly in legal terms did Trump and his team acquiesce in what happened. Flynn is the second…
Abuse of power corruption Deep stuff democracy under attack Donald Trump spin us politics you couldn't make this shit up
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Open Mike 04/12/2017
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Deranged Golriz Syndrome
Her Royal majesty's opposition's pollster has shown a particularly obsessive streak this week. He has posted no less than six posts in as many days about Golriz Ghahraman and has continued the theme that somehow she has been deceptive in not declaring that she defended as well…
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Phil Twyford: the future of housing in New Zealand
Kia ora tatou. Good morning. Thank you to the Salvation Army for giving me the opportunity to be with you here today. I want to acknowledge the housing NGOs, the activists, campaigners and community organisers, including the Living Wage Movement, for the work you do…
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Corbyn vs bankers
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Open Mike 03/12/2017
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National’s benefit sanctions – the wolf is not your grandma
The tories seem to have found a new angle on the government’s removal of benefit sanctions that punish the children of beneficiaries who don’t name both parents. Now Louise Upston is saying National opposes the change because it’s not fair on children who will lose…