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Daily Review 31/01/2019
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Fair Pay Agreements
The Working Group set up in June 2018 to consider reform of the wage bargaining system in NZ industry has reported back to the Minister, Iain Lees Galloway. The Minister says that the Coalition Government "has committed to improving incomes and working conditions for New…
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Show us the money Simon
National has laid out what will be its big policy next election and wouldntyaknowit it's a tax cut. Or more accurately changes to the tax system so that bracket creep does not occur. But get this. Not only is National going to build more motorways,…
auckland supercity Economy grant robertson Media national newspapers same old national Simon Bridges tax the praiseworthy and the pitiful transport you couldn't make this shit up
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Open Mike 31/01/2019
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Daily Review 30/01/2019
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A detailed analysis of Simon Bridges’ state of the nation speech
Tax cuts good. That's it.
Economy Politics Simon Bridges the praiseworthy and the pitiful you couldn't make this shit up
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The world cannot afford to have billionaires
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has achieved a great deal of prominence with her claim that it is immoral to have a world that allows for billionaires. From Amanda Marcotte at Salon: ... Ocasio-Cortez attended a symposium where author Ta-Nehisi Coates asked her if it was moral to have "a…
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Open Mike 30/01/2019
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Daily Review 29/01/2019
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Does the West Coast Regional Council Exist?
SUBMISSION: Zero Carbon Bill In my submission on the Zero Carbon Bill (ZCB), which I believe appears to be well-intentioned, I'm going to focus on fairness and justice for a largely remote region dependent on mining, farming and forestry. That region is, of course, New…
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Open Mike 29/01/2019
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Take the oil!
Before he was elected President, Donald Trump's approach to United States illegal attacks on Iraq and Libya was that their only mistake was that the US didn't "take the oil." After becoming President, his approach to oil-rich Venezuela was "can't we just invade them?" Persuaded…
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I’m so tired of you America
With Rufus Wainwright coming to town in early March, here's a song about the politics of the United States that's a decade old, but has weathered well into the age of Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVyl402W5s You can decide if you prefer the orchestrated George Michael version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DZJQjn3jV8 It's not…
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The Blue Green oxymoron
There has been a lot of conjecture recently on the possibility of no friends National creating a puppet party like ACT so that it has friends. Except this one would try and create warm obligation free fuzzies about the environment. Although as Idiot Savant puts…
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The Power of Anger
We’ve all felt it, anger, simmering or raging inside us. We have experienced it, at the hands of parents, partners, friends, teachers, colleagues, bosses, strangers, you name it. Most of us do almost anything to avoid it, to risk confrontation with another angry person or…
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Open Mike 28/01/2019
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