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Daily review 06/05/2019
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Eugenie Sage vetos vast tailings dump
In a further sign that the current Government's inter party relationships are at an interesting stage Green Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage has vetoed Oceania Gold's attempt to buy a 180-hectare dairy farm to store mining tailings from its Waihi gold mines. The Bay of…
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This Could Happen To You
For some reason, this story struck a nerve. An 80-year old had his 59-year career terminated by an impersonal e-mail from a faceless manager. Ironically, the manager on his public LinkedIn profile likes a post entitled “Treat a janitor with the same respect as the…
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Open mike 06/05/2019
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Is Tony Abbott finished?
Former Australian Prime Minister, climate change denier and budgie smuggler Tony Abbott is facing the end of his political career. And the challenge is coming from someone who understands what an existential threat climate change poses to us. From Nicole Hasham at the Sydney Morning…
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How To Get There 5/5/19
This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…
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Open mike 05/05/2019
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Open mike 04/05/2019
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Daily review 03/05/2019
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Pike River re-entry delayed
For very understandable reasons, concerns that a safe re-entry cannot be guaranteed, re-entry of the Pike River mine has been delayed. And this decision has the backing of the Pike River families. Television New Zealand has the details: The Government, Agency and families involved in…
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Open mike 03/05/2019
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Daily review 02/05/2019
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10,000 lies
Wow. The President of the United States, the leader of the Western World has told the 10,000th whopper of his presidential career. From the Washington Post: It took President Trump 601 days to top 5,000 false and misleading claims in The Fact Checker’s database, an average of eight…
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National’s bad day in the house
Yesterday was possibly the first time ever when the Government side moved to allow the opposition leader more time to speak in Parliament than he originally had. The context was the general debate, which is an hour of open debate where MPs get to talk…
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Open mike 02/05/2019
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Daily review 01/05/2019
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May Day
Press release from the NZCTU May 1 is International Workers Day on May 6 a number of significant employment law changes will come into effect making life better for working New Zealanders. "These changes are happening because people have come together, they have, in union,…
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Climate change is this Government’s nuclear free issue
Jacinda Ardern is right. Climate change is this generation's nuclear free moment. And it is therefore this Government's nuclear free issue. After the mixed feelings caused by the response to the CGT proposal there is an imperative for the Government to make sure that its…
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Death by a thousand cuts
Another day and more leaks from within National's caucus. First up was news that John Key is favouring Judith Collins for the leadership position. From Tova O'Brien at Newshub: Newshub understands former Prime Minister Sir John Key has shown some support behind the scenes for…
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Open mike 01/05/2019
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