Open mike 18/12/2022
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Push Back Against Tyranny and Win
Australia is showing New Zealand how to resist the authoritarian Xi Jinping’s pressure and stay prosperous at the same time.
Open mike 17/12/2022
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Daily review 16/12/2022
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Much ado about nothing
The big news this week was Jacinda Ardern describing David Seymour in an unparliamentary phrase on an open mike in Parliament. But the matter was resolved in a way that can only happen in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Richard Heinberg: The Final Doubling
Can humans decouple resource overuse from economic growth?
Open mike 16/12/2022
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Daily review 15/12/2022
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Open mike 15/12/2022
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Daily review 14/12/2022
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The kind, caring tobacco companies
Kim Hill vs Tobacco Company PR Guy.
Dog whistles and South Auckland garages
Chris Luxon has doubled down on a dog whistle attack on South Auckland garages by apologising if anyone was offended, thereby ignoring most of South Auckland who were definitely offended.
Open mike 14/12/2022
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Daily review 13/12/2022
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The Zelensky Dump
Vladimir Zelensky’s message to the New Zealand Parliament will be delivered in the last week before Christmas, in the bury-it time-slot. That seems appropriate, for much has changed since the heady days when our Parliament went straight for sanctions on Russia without discussion.
Labour’s big reset
New Zealand politics is at an interesting stage. With announcements about Ministerial futures pending and with a review of all current projects to occur over Christmas Jadinda Ardern is planning to repurpose Labour to have its best chance in the election next year.
Open mike 13/12/2022
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Daily review 12/12/2022
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Open mike 12/12/2022
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Open mike 11/12/2022
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The Hamilton West by election
The polls are now closed but someone should tell National about how on election day you should not be campaigning.
Stop the gentailers bribing investors with borrowed capital.
Brian Easton at Pundit provides a clear overview on what is happening in out large generator / retailer market at present. Their implicit collusion on excessive pricing is profiteering and even using future capital to pay off investors rather than improve the cost of and efficiency usage of power.
Open mike 10/12/2022
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Daily review 09/12/2022
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Labour and National and Industry Intervention
Minister Mahuta’s water reforms are by some measure the most consequential industry intervention of this Labour government, and likely to be the most successful in over a decade.
Open mike 09/12/2022
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Daily review 08/12/2022
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Open mike 08/12/2022
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Daily review 07/12/2022
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Open mike 07/12/2022
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Daily review 06/12/2022
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Open mike 06/12/2022
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Daily review 05/12/2022
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Open mike 05/12/2022
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Sustainability Sunday
So many good initiatives that demonstrate that sustainability and community resiliency are intertwined. The sheer numbers of people involved now is heartening at a time when we are inundated with what is going wrong.
We’ve never had so much choice in what we can do to effect good change. We know the problems, now is the time to put our attention to the solutions, what is already working. and then get on with it.
Luxon’s first year
Chris Luxon marked the anniversary of his becoming National leader this week by showing that he is that out of touch he had no idea what the single rate of superannuation is.