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Daily review 18/09/2024
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The Civilian is back.Unemployment is definitely up.
The Civilian, a site that dedicates itself to "All the news that’s fit on a page" is back - along with the unemployment rates rising. Hopefully for readers this will last a while along with the satire news that author Ben is so good at.…
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National’s gang patch ban may hinder police investigations
Gangs have been in the news recently. Police Minister Mark Mitchell has taken every opportunity to gloat about almost every member of the Comanchero Motor Bike Gang being arrested in a drug bust. This was a police operation that was started three years ago under…
crime human rights law law and "order" mark mitchell national paul goldsmith police same old national
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Open mike 18/09/2024
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Daily review 17/09/2024
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Under National crime is out of control
National must be feeling the pressure. Last year every time a crime was committed they blamed Labour. Alleged soft on crime policies, trying to address the fiscal and moral failure that is our penal system, and repealing stunts such as the three trikes law were…
Christopher Luxon crime making shit up mark mitchell Media Social issues spin you couldn't make this shit up
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National plan for 2000 extra Kiwis in prison per year
This is a repost from the Mountain Tui substack. Yesterday, Luxon congratulated his government on a job well done with emergency housing numbers, but advocates have been saying it‘s likely many are on the streets and sleeping in cars. Q&A featured some of the folks…
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Open mike 17/09/2024
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Daily review 16/09/2024
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Open mike 16/09/2024
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Open mike 15/09/2024
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Open mike 14/09/2024
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Daily review 13/09/2024
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Free School lunches have a profound beneficial effect on learning
Before cutting the budget for free school lunches by $107 million the Government was told in no uncertain terms that this was a really, really daft thing to do. The details are in this Radio New Zealand article and the comments referred to include these:…
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Open mike 13/09/2024
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Daily review 12/09/2024
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Trouble at Mill
This week Malaysan owned Winstone Pulp International Ltd announced the closure of its two mills in the Ruapehu area, resulting in the loss of 230 jobs. The announcement has devastated the local community. These were reasonably paid unionised jobs. The loss of this many jobs…
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Attorney General’s constitutional advice on Treaty Principles bill will be interesting
David Seymour finally released some hard information about Act's coalition bone - the proposed and apparently still non-existent Treaty Principles Bill. The regulatory impact statement (RIS) on the proposed bill is damning and points to the status quo as being preferable to what is in…
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Open mike 12/09/2024
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Daily review 11/09/2024
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Open mike 11/09/2024
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Daily review 10/09/2024
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Towards the abyss
Yesterday it was confirmed that Act's Treaty Principles Bill had been approved by Cabinet for drafting and introduction into Parliament in November this year. It was also the day that 400 church leaders released an open letter urging the Government not to proceed with the…
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Open mike 10/09/2024
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Daily review 09/09/2024
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A new Labour electricity policy
lprent: Note for confused journalists and others. This is a proposal for a policy from a Standard author for Labour to adopt. It is not a Labour policy. Hint: read our About "We write here in our personal capacities and the opinions that are expressed…
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Open mike 09/09/2024
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Open mike 08/09/2024
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Unions are still relevant
Unions are not for everyone but just shy of half a million (488,700) or just under 20% of all paid employees belong to a union (24Q2). Over the last 8 years this percentage has increased, slowly but surely. Union membership is relatively evenly spread between…
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Open mike 07/09/2024
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