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Open mike 25/05/2025
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Willis’ Roundup Budget will not grow new shoots of the economy
The Coalition government has been sucking money out of the economy and borrowing heavily to fund its opex (operational spending). Arguably, it should be spending more on capex (capital expenditure), especially capital investment that lifts productivity. True to form the Coalition has off-loaded this responsibility…
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Our growing stress is everywhere
Insolvencies and bankruptcies are at a nine year high. It hasn’t been as bad as this since 2015. Over half a million New Zealanders need food from food banks to actually eat. The New Zealand economy is at least 1% smaller than when National got…
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Open mike 24/05/2025
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Daily review 23/05/2025
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Open mike 23/05/2025
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Daily review 22/05/2025
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Liam Hehir needs to relearn his civics
Generally I like reading Liam Hehir over at the The Blue Review. He is usually interesting despite being a conservative religious lawyer. However sometimes he goes completely off track in his innate and unthinking deference to authority. The other day he asserted that "Of All…
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BHN and CTU’s Craig Renney on the Budget
BHN are hosting Craig Renney, Director of Policy and Economist at the CTU and BHN journalist, as he comes out of budget lock up. Livestream discussion from 2pm. https://www.youtube.com/live/ZpUYokH4ctA BHN are also doing a wrap up and deep dive Budget Day Special with Renney and…
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Open mike 22/05/2025
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Daily review 21/05/2025
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The Government blinks
Well that was dramatic. Yesterday I am sure that every political activist in the country set themselves up to watch Parliament and see the debate concerning the Privileges Committee proposal and the suggestion that three Maori Party MPs be suspended from Parliament for performing a…
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Open mike 21/05/2025
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Daily review 20/05/2025
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What would the Greens’ inheritance/gift tax mean for farming?
Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick was on Q&A on Sunday, fronting up to Jack Tame’s questions about the Greens’ alternative budget. I was looking forward to this, because I had a lot of unanswered questions from the budget release last week. One of the main ones…
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Open mike 20/05/2025
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Daily review 19/05/2025
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Privileges Committee recommendations are partisan, indefensible and racist
Tomorrow is D Day in Parliament. What will happen to the Privileges Committee recommendation in Parliament will be fascinating. I do not expect Te Pati Maori to take this lying down. And I am sure that the Green Party and at least to an extent…
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Jacinda Ardern’s speech to Yale graduates: leading with empathy is a strength
In this remarkable, deeply socially intelligent ten minute speech Jacinda Ardern speaks of the peril of the global inflection point we are currently poised upon, particularly in relation to the US, and reminds us of what works. https://youtu.be/C6SHxyCQtyw?t=951
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Open mike 19/05/2025
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