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The past week has shown to Labour what the opposition tactics will be this term. And what it has to overcome this if it wants to retain power. The play book is quite simple. There will be the occasional splash of right wing ideology to…
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Ahmed Abu Artema used his facebook page (it does have good uses!) to call for a mass act of civil disobedience called "the Great Return March". In response, some tens of thousands of Palestinians participated in a rally next to the Gaza Israeli border. Apparently,…
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There is a great article by Gordon Campbell on the likelihood of an inquiry but more importantly what will or wont be covered and what will or wont be for the public eyes/ears Read it here
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Highlights from Forest and Bird's event last night Climate 2050: discussing Wellington's future Panel discussion, https://www.facebook.com/forestandbird/videos/10155207368552633/ Twitter coverage of the talks, James Renwick Professor School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria, https://twitter.com/norightturnnz/status/979224763708055552 https://twitter.com/Forest_and_Bird/status/979226160394416128 Pertinent twitter comment, https://twitter.com/Davidxvx/status/979226089795891205 https://twitter.com/Forest_and_Bird/status/979227443750981632 Climate Minister James Shaw, https://twitter.com/norightturnnz/status/979227998019727361 https://twitter.com/norightturnnz/status/979228303037906944 https://twitter.com/CubaRaglanGuy/status/979228626997493760 This…
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Cross posted from No Right Turn _____________________________________________________________________________ So, it turns out that in addition to being a tax-cheat, Facebook has also been ignoring the Privacy Act: The Privacy Commissioner says Facebook has breached the Privacy Act 1993. The Commissioner’s finding comes after Facebook refused a…
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Green MP Gareth Hughes explains in just over 1 minute why we can't use the fossil fuels we've already found, let alone any we might go exploring for. #EndOil. https://www.facebook.com/nzgreenparty/videos/10155152334401372/
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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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Text of Megan Woods's speech recently delivered to the Petroleum Conference from Scoop. As a politician, you never want to start by disappointing your audience, but in situations like this I’ve always found it’s best to be upfront. I have no intention to keep you…
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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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John Edwards, the Privacy Commissioner has ruled that Facebook is subject to our Privacy Act. Isn't it a shame National Party politicians don't seem to be. With all the gnashing of teeth over Facebook we have our own example of absolute disdain for personal information.…
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Recent news about the Health Ministry funding crisis suggests that Steven Joyce many not have been wrong about his claim that there was a $11.7 billion hole in Labour's fiscal plan. But the problem for National is that it looks like it has hidden a…
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Cross posted from writehanded.org (first published 15/3/18) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Way back when I was fighting Paula Bennett, the then Social Development Minister, in the media, Labour made a lot of noise about trying to effect a cultural change at WINZ. I know they were in opposition, so…
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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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So, today we have news that veteran broadcaster and former senior manager at RNZ, Carol Hirschfeld, has resigned over lying for her Minister, covering up that she had a secret meeting in a fairly busy café in central Wellington, despite it later having been revealed…
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One of the most constitutionally appalling of the last Government's activities was the treatment of personal information. Whether it was releasing private information for political gain, or having two different responses to request for information depending on whether the requester was friendly to your Government…
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Cross posted from localbodies-bsprout.blogspot.co.nz _______________________________________________________________________ After almost a decade under a National government we are now experiencing the inevitable adjustment period as a new government begins to assert itself and shape its work plan. All those who received preferential treatment from the previous Government will be…
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Cross posted from blog.greens.org.nz (first published 19/3/18) ________________________________________________________________ It’s been a whirlwind week of women’s issues. I’ve been busy hearing inspiring stories from around the world about the gender pay gap, representation, stopping violence against women, work on climate change and the challenges facing working women. This…
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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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It's been a while since I've written a blog post, almost a three-year break. But I'm finally in a position to start writing again, so let's see how this goes. I found this twitter thread by Hossam really resonating with me: "Overpopulation" is one of…
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Photo credit Patrick Reynolds Kiwibuild is now closer to reality with the announcement of 3,000 to 4,000 new houses to be constructed in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert. The proposal will tick a number of boxes. There will be social housing, affordable housing and…
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Two short videos from yesterday's March for Our Lives. The first is Parkland shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez. Stick with the bit in the middle, this is a woman holding the attention of hundreds of thousands of people. The second is Naomi Wadler's reminder that Black…
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In the days of the British Raj unsportsmanlike behaviour was condemned by saying "it isn't cricket." Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft hiding ball-tampering sandpaper in his trousers in a forlorn attempt to avoid the cameras showed that for Aussies "it is cricket." We've seen it before…
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Another clear winner this week. Jonathan Coleman announced his retirement from politics to take up a high paying gig in the private health system. Makes you wonder why he would have stood at the last election if his desire to be there was so tenuous.…
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https://twitter.com/BMHayward/status/972687670336921600 Feminist, activist, Professor of Public Policy at AUT, and a principal founder of the discipline of feminist economics, Marilyn Waring is pretty much always an inspiration and this was no exception. Thirty-five years on, it's still easy to see the strength that enabled her to…