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Open mike 25/04/2024
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Daily review 24/04/2024
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Goneburger
As predicted 10 days ago the first Ministerial goneburger has occurred and it is Melissa Lee. It will be interesting to find out what happened in the background. The fingerprints of Winston Peters already appear to be all over this. Penny Simmonds has lost the…
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What does this Government have against the environment
It is almost as if the environment was really cruel to senior members of the Government when they were kids. But whatever the reason this Government appears to be intent on wrecking the local environment with a degree of vengeance and stupidity not seen before.…
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It’s not a culture war, it’s a class war, and the left should be naming it as such
Micky had a good post up last month listing the current blue muckery NACTF are engaged in. I am however going to disagree that this is the culture war. It's class war and we should be naming it as such. The culture wars exist, and…
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Open mike 24/04/2024
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Daily review 23/04/2024
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Open mike 23/04/2024
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Daily review 22/04/2024
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Open mike 22/04/2024
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Joining US military alliance not in our national interest
Cross-posted from Solidarity Helen Clark, o how I miss you. The former New Zealand Prime Minister – the safest pair of hands this country has had in living memory – gave a masterclass on the importance of maintaining an independent foreign policy when she spoke…
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The list
Making a major infrastructure deal happen takes years of planning, exceptionally qualified people on all sides, and in New Zealand it takes about ten years of your life. Until now. What it now requires is the ability to draft a proposal just far enough that…
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The Liz Truss of the South Seas
Readers will no doubt recall Liz Truss, the former UK Prime Minister who enjoyed the shortest reign in the office and who was famously outlasted by an iceberg lettuce. She has recently released a book ominously titled "Ten Years to save the West". Reviews of…
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Open mike 21/04/2024
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Open mike 20/04/2024
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Daily review 19/04/2024
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How to slow down the Fast Track Bill
Update: The submissions closed at midnight last night and it sounds like many people stepped up. Forest and Bird reported last night that 13,489 people had used their submission form. Meanwhile, Executive Director of Greenpeace Aotearoa, Russel Norman, shared this on twitter yesterday afternoon: Govt…
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Open mike 19/04/2024
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Daily review 18/04/2024
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Open mike 18/04/2024
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Daily review 17/04/2024
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Towards Banana Republic Status
There is a bill before Parliament right now that has the potential of blowing a rather big hole in our reputation as an open and transparent democracy. It is the Fast-track Approvals Bill. Its problems are myriad. It is clearly rushed. If enacted it would…
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At least Chris Bishop sleeps in a well made bed
RNZ: Government announces pet bond policy for renters The government has announced a two-week pet bond and obligations for tenants to pay for damage their animals cause in a bid to make renting with an animal easier. It intends changing the Residential Tenancies Act next…
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Open mike 17/04/2024
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Daily review 16/04/2024
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Forget this Trump trial
In the Trump felony trial now underway, there’s a yawning gap between media attention paid to this and the actual scale of the crime and its potential punishment. Trump is not indicted for trial for electoral fraud. He’s not on trial for paying a porn…
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Stuff rescues Newshub
RNZ has live coverage. From the Spinoff: Breaking: Stuff wins race to replace Newshub with a new 6pm bulletin for Three Sources familiar with the deal say the print news giant has beaten out NZME to create a 6pm bulletin to replace Newshub at Three.…
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Open mike 16/04/2024
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Daily review 15/04/2024
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The Cass Review reader: investigations into the treatment of gender dysphoric children and youth
Last Wednesday, Dr Hilary Cass, a British paediatric physician and researcher who specialises in disability, released the final report in the Cass Review. The Cass Review, formally known as the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People, is a four year…