This COVID era is the decade in which the state is back, bigger and faster than ever before. But the one area this government won’t let the state expand again is the one area in which New Zealand is the most vulnerable: electricity generation. It…
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Many European governments now face a perfect storm of threatened energy security, rising inflation, war-propelled refugee crisis, and climate objectives. New Zealand be warned. As Europe and the UK prepares to go into another winter, with many low-income and elderly now reducing their heating costs…
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Yesterday the Government announced a slate of new powers designed to address gang violence. The list is pretty impressive. It includes: New powers to target the associates of organised criminal groups and restrain their property, when it is clear their legitimate finances would’ve been unlikely…
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The biggest downside of social media for me is the constant stream of evidence that the late capitalism death cult is still empowered to do maximum harm. This morning it's the news that Environment Southland approved an intensive industrial dairy farm on the banks of…
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We're sending 120 troops to Britain to 'train' raw recruits for the Ukraine killing grounds. For the Defence Dept, it's an overseas trip to aid retention. For the Ukrainian conscripts, it's a prelude to early death. It is criminal as well as cynical: we should…
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Nine days ago Christopher Luxon refused to rule out going into coalition with Brian Tamaki and Destiny Church after the next election. This should have been a really simple response for a politician to make. Like do you approve the mass murder of kittens or…
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