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Open mike 30/06/2024
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Government is cutting funding for food banks
Are things back on track? How about for those who can least afford to feed themselves? It appears not with reports that funding for food banks is being slashed. And the consequence could be dire. From an Auckland City Mission press release: Unless the Government…
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Should Joe Biden do an Andrew Little?
Jo Biden's recent debate with Donald Trump did not go well. Donald Trump was unhinged and light control of the debate let him say numberous lies. Such as: Democrats support abortion until birth and everyone wanted to overturn Roe v Wade. He claimed to have…
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Open mike 29/06/2024
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Open mike 28/06/2024
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Daily review 27/06/2024
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Assange back in Australia
About time. Not that I have that I really have that much sympathy with Julian Assange. Basically he has always seemed like a bit of a narcissistic dickhead to me. But I get really pissed off with the level of US over-reach with their laws.…
Abuse of power australian politics International law Media media abuse us politics
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Ferry sweary
The Government is in a rather precarious position relating to the contract to replace the ageing Cook Straight ferries, which clearly need replacing. The last Labour Government had a difficult time with the issue. The contract to replace the ferries with modern rail enabled ferries…
climate change Environment grant robertson infrastructure national nz first public transport same old national transport
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Open mike 27/06/2024
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Daily review 26/06/2024
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Open mike 26/06/2024
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Daily review 25/06/2024
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I am going to miss Keith Locke
Keith Locke, ex Green MP, died last week aged 80 after a long illness. I am going to miss him because he was a hell of a nice person, extremely bright, very well informed, and fast at figuring out where there was common ground and…
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How Northland Became New Zealand’s Deepest Shame
Northland sent another SOS signal this week. Last week Northland had a power pylon simply fall down on a still day. 100,000 properties lost power. Quickly restored, it underscored how vulnerable the Far North is. The main state highway SH1 through the Mangamuka’s to the Far North…
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The great Pharmac backflip
That was predictable. The focus groups have spoken and the Government has completed its 360 degree backflip and decided to fund Pharmac so that National can meet its pledge to introduce 13 new cancer drugs. As I said earlier the failure to fund the policy…
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Open mike 25/06/2024
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Daily review 24/06/2024
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Open mike 24/06/2024
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Open mike 23/06/2024
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What the Aratere Grounding Means
The grounding of the ferry Aratere is potentially a political gift to National. In January 2023, the Kaitake lost power inside Cook Strait while it had 880 people on board. It was caused in part by Kiwirail not replacing key parts. In August 2023 the…
assets national Politics privatisation same old national simeon brown transport
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When you remove nuts & bolts, things tend to fall over
It doesn’t take an engineer of somebody with a deep understanding of the Laws of Physics to work out that if you remove essential elements that hold together a physical structure it is likely to fall over or collapse. The same universal principle applies to…
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Open mike 22/06/2024
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Daily review 21/06/2024
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Open mike 21/06/2024
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Democracy in Dire Straits
The Fast-Track Bill is ‘fundamentally flawed” and a step towards dangerous authoritarianism, according to a legal expert and insider. Yet, his views won’t be heard in-person by the Three Monkeys of the Environment Select Committee. Their decision is in line with the very many other…
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Daily review 20/06/2024
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Gotta pay for those tax cuts for landlords somehow
What is the lowest most disgraceful thing this Government has done? How about cutting funding for top ups of the wages of disabled workers aimed to get them to the living wage? In my life I did not think that this Government would stoop so…
Living Wage minimum wage national same old national wages workers' rights
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Open mike 20/06/2024
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Daily review 19/06/2024
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C Listers and tag alongs
Christopher Luxon's much vaunted social media team have probably taken up day time drinking, quite possibly for breakfast. Because he has this innate ability to say the most negative wet and whiny and miserable things which must irritate most kiwis. Who can forget his repeated…
chris hipkins Christopher Luxon Minister for International Embarrassment national same old national spin you couldn't make this shit up