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Commiserations to all Australian progressives, not to mention all Australian endangered species and the Great Barrier reef. I mean WTF just happened? This was meant to be a resounding Labor victory after the appalling disunity of the last three years of Liberal disunity. There were…
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Every day, millions of people flock online and to Social Media. In fact, some seem to be almost permanently connected. People go online because they want to be entertained, not informed, and to be excited, not educated. Because there is so much visual stimulation in…
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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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The Australian election is on today. Is this the end of Scomo and the Liberals? Is Tony Abbott goneburger? Will the last act of Bob Hawke's life push Labor over the line? Counting should start this evening 9 pm NZ time. This is a discussion…
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Forestry is forcing an important tilting point between mitigating climate change and land use, and it’s going to affect the viability of some North Island towns. The Minister of Forestry Shane Jones made a pre-budget announcement this week that Te Ururakau/Forestry New Zealand will receive…
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I bet this is a headline that you never expected to see on the Standard but when someone does something deserving of praise they should receive it, even if they are Judith Collins. The context is David Seymour being a dick about Golriz Gharaman and…
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Looks like National has conceded that the nascent Blue Green party is a no goer. The Herald has reported that National is considering allowing Alfred Ngaro to form another break away party this time with a definite christian conservative bent and also to take over…
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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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The Germans and the Dutch have suspended training Iraqi soldiers citing increased tensions in the area. What do they know that Ron Mark doesn't? Cabinet is due to make a decision shortly on our long-planned decision to withdraw, and Ron seems to want us to…
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Jacinda Ardern has shown true international leadership by achieving considerable international consensus to effecting change in the way that social media operates. She also persuaded the major tech companies, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and Amazon to sign up to proposals that include updating their terms…
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For some time the right have been making this loud noise about Labour’s student loan policy and how it has failed because the number of students have not increased dramatically. The manufactured narrative has persuaded some in the media. They have bought into the premise.…
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This was Bill Nye in a Last Week Tonight clim from 5 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg And here is a more recent video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcNNc5AfbU&fbclid=IwAR2IpjV8lES9-Nrm86gx6AGEMBWtLngULvcmoUBnxashbED6D50six7vAGU Fox News is not amused. https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/1128101401522053120
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Fresh from being owned on twitter Paula Bennett has raised questions about whether her tough westie persona is actually deserved. Because she has refused to debate cannabis reform with Chloe Swarbrick on TV. Jack Tame has the details: https://twitter.com/jacktame/status/1127839186466160640 The interview proceeded without Bennett's presence. …
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Maybe rumours that National's internal polling has that party's support starting with a "3" are correct. Because David Farrar, National's pollster has published this post that praises Jacinda Ardern and warns National supporters not to take her too lightly. He starts off by saying this: Many…
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Reprinted from How Melulater sees it. Melanie is a Primary School teacher who is half way through her Masters of Education in Global Education Policy. She is a member of the Labour Party and took a year off to help get them elected. I'm going…
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