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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
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Open mike 19/06/2024
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Daily review 18/06/2024
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Who would have thought that he used to run an airline?
The problem with National's relentless negativity over the past few years is that it opens them up to allegations of hypocrisy. Who can forget last year when then opposition leader Christopher Luxon said this: Opposition leader Christopher Luxon says he will not use Defence Force…
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Open mike 18/06/2024
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Daily review 17/06/2024
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Open mike 17/06/2024
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