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There were some interesting and concerning developments in relation to climate change recently. In the morning the Herald reported that the Government was planning on an ambitious change to transport infrastructure priorities with climate change being the primary concern. From Thomas Coughlan: Ministers are finalising…
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Australia’s Prime Minister Albanese is trying to get actual indigenous representation into the Australian Parliament with a referendum. Going to be tough. The details of what this representation would entail are here. A majority of Australians support it, though it’s softening this year. But actually…
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Remember November last year when then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced this policy? Today I can announce that the Labour Government will significantly expand childcare assistance to New Zealand families. From April we will lift the household income thresholds on our Childcare Assistance subsidies for…
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With Recovery Minister Roberston estimating that the 2023 storm recovery will be in the order of $13 billion to the state, this amount brings it close to the state contribution to the Christchurch earthquake rebuild. Prime Minister Key noted at the time that Christchurch was…
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If anything progressive is to come out of this current government other than disaster recovery, really focused protest must prevail. It isn’t. This week we had the worst of all political worlds. At the beginning of the week one of our most highly qualified public…
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The candidates for the Mt Albert Labour selection to replace Jacinda Ardern are Helen White MP and Camilla Belich MP. The selection meeting is on Saturday 11th March at 10am in the Western Springs School Hall. All Labour Party members who are currently financial, including…
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Friday 3rd March across New Zealand This moment in time is crucial, and we all have the opportunity to be a part of the change our planet and people so desperately need, by demanding our leaders truly LEAD. So - time to unite for climate…
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Cross posted from the Green Party website. Post by Julie Anne Genter February 27, 2023 4:30 PM Instead of creating an appeal fund and one-off lotto draw, the Labour Government could tax the billions of dollars banks have made in unearned, excess profits and use…
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Rob Campbell is under some pressure from National and Act for calling out publicly the right's dog whistle attacks on co governance. Craig McCulloch at RNZ has the details: In a LinkedIn post over the week, Campbell - who also chairs the Environmental Protection Authority…
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Cindy Baxter is a long time climate campaigner and communications consultant, working on environmental issues for over 30 years. Cross posted from Coal Action Network Aotearoa By Cindy Baxter – with a guest post from Lucy The night Cyclone Gabrielle hit my coastal village of…
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China has proposed a 12 point peace plan to start discussions towards ending the war by Russia against Ukraine. And Ukraine’s leader wants to meet Xi Jinping to hear more. Zelenskyy said a meeting with Xi could be “useful” to both countries and for global…
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Historian Malcolm McKinnon in Thursday's DominionPost states that "caution is needed when crafting victory over Russia as the primary war aim in Ukraine." Truer words were never spoken, as western hysteria rejects calls for peace and escalates to wider war. McKinnon outlines the dangers when…
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Yesterday National announced its alternative to Labour's Three Waters policy. The policy is a deep analysis of a complex problem and provides a free market alternative to an issue that will challenge policy makers for the next few decades. NAH JUST KIDDING THE POLICY IS…
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It is weird, while people are still pushing their dead furniture out onto the roadside, to even consider whether it could have been worse. But in western Auckland it most certainly could have. The absorbtive capacity of full Kauri forest compared to a subdivided landscape…