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One hopes for the sake of the people who may die due to the relaxed earthquake rules that we don't have another big one soon.
An Alpine Fault movement is overdue (every 400 years or so) – playing dice with human lives to save property owners a few dollars!
Neolibs know the cost of everything – and the value of nothing!
Anyone heard from Shane Jones' energy reforms lately?
He is on Facebook and via The Platform on You Tube (with Michael Laws).
I think all three (NZ First, ACT, and National) are trying their hardest not to turn this into a wedge issue. In which case it might give the Opposition some ideas as to what and where potential pain points are and where and when to start finger-poking.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/574717/collective-responsibility-and-whatnot-shane-jones-keeping-quiet-on-energy-reforms
Jones being hauled over the coals for heresy?
"Re-nationalisation".
Even "a stopped clock………."?
Yeah, I thought about Shane being muzzled (by who, though?) but then realised that only heavy sedation would work on him.
The political pain point surely is when we all open our power bills every month.
True!
They didn’t fix the Cost-of-Living crisis, they made it worse, notwithstanding the many factors outside their control. That’s why they’re always so keen on sheeting home blame to the previous (and future) governments – take credit when & where they can and shift blame to others when they can’t.
Yep- Lamo Luxo has hired a PR firm to ask him via a journo if he doubles down on being lame instead of having an energy policy and whaddya know- he does!
This’ll win them back! Business leaders love a game of ‘NotPMsayswhat’ as a way of determining who is leading the country.
Sure been a fascinating week to see the energy sector do to the National government what the farming sector did to the Labour government.
National will be rueing the day they fucked Labour over tearing up the bipartisan housing framework.
47,000 New Zealanders have lost their jobs since 2023 when this lot got in:
Fewer jobs, rising redundancies: Latest figures paint grim picture of NZ’s workforce | Stuff.co.nz
But wait! Auckland tennis fans get a roof paid for them.
Government announces new $15m roof for Auckland's Manuka Doctor Tennis arena | RNZ News
That is for the sorted Ad.
Exact words at 5.1 came to my mind too Patricia.
Far out! That’s one misleading PR release by Luxon and Upston: Government invests $5M and takes credit for $15M.
Con men I reckon. $15mil equals $5mil. Willis accounting system?
And Willis belatedly declares why avoid action with Genesis.
That incomplete quote appears to come from a paywalled NZ Herald article: https://archive.ph/oK3EO
The (many many) conflicts of interests of Coalition MPs are hiding in the shadowy corners of permanent twilight, which makes a joke of any claims of transparency, accountability, or honesty by the Coalition.
Out in the open with it, in full daylight!