Open mike 24/04/2022
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According to National budget slashing is a man’s job
National leader Chris Luxon has publicly declared full confidence in National Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis by proposing that former PM Bill English, not currently an MP, and Willis, who is an MP would be jointly directing the Ministers of every department to find savings.
Open mike 23/04/2022
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What if… Dunedin no longer needed so much petrol?
It’s 2032, and we’re looking back at a decade of oil, climate and economic crisis, and how one city found a way through.
Open mike 22/04/2022
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Greens: Urgent action needed to soften inflation blow for low income NZers
The Green Party says that if the Government is concerned about fiscal stimulus, the best approach would be to broaden the tax base to cover untaxed capital gains or wealth of the richest New Zealanders… Alongside broadening our tax base, the Green Party proposes a suite of policies.
Green Party press release
Luxon’s triple backward summersault on Labour Day
In the space of one day Chris Luxon called repeatedly for the scrapping of Labour Day as a holiday then confirmed that a future National Government would not do this and said that his earlier comment was facetious.
Open mike 21/04/2022
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RNZ’s weird take on MIQ
RNZ’s recent shock horror reporting on a memo from November 2021 proposing a wind back of MIQ is severely deficient. The framing is one sided and ignores the subsequent emergence of Omicron as a variant of concern.
Open mike 20/04/2022
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Daily review 19/04/2022
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Open mike 19/04/2022
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The battle lines for the next election
Despite Labour seeing the country through the biggest public health threat seen in the last century and despite improving numbers of houses and a reduction in child poverty some on the left are buying into National’s despair lines. And the issues on which the next election will be fought are becoming clearer.
Open mike 18/04/2022
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Open mike 17/04/2022
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Just how gross can a anti-vaccine enema be?
Everything has been too serious recently and kind of gross.
Lets keep the gross and but go for the satirical.
Enemas! Pimples!
Open mike 16/04/2022
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Does truth in politics no longer matter?
Over in the UK Boris Johnson has been fined for attending a party he told Parliament he did not attend and which was a gathering that did not breach Covid lockdown restrictions. Surely he should resign.
Open mike 15/04/2022
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Daily review 14/04/2022
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Open mike 14/04/2022
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Daily review 13/04/2022
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The approaching fuel crisis: what if we no longer needed so much petrol?
What would our society, communities and lives look like in New Zealand if we weren’t so reliant on fossil fuels?
Luxon’s strange Public Transport take
Yesterday Chris Luxon showed the sensitivity and sophistication of someone who owns seven properties and at one stage had 6.1 million Air New Zealand shares by stating that he believed that at least some public transport services should not be supported and that public transport needs to stand on its own feet.
Open mike 13/04/2022
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Daily review 12/04/2022
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Plant based foods
Worrying news has emerged that New Zealand officials sought along with other agricultural nations to remove references to the benefits of consuming plant based foods on climate change from the IPCC report summary.
Open mike 12/04/2022
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Daily review 11/04/2022
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Climate Action Mondays: after the IPCC report, what now?
It’s time to act as if our lives depend on it.
Open mike 11/04/2022
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Why trust in the media is declining
A recent study into New Zealand’s media suggests that trust in what the media says is declining and that views of what is good and bad media is more and more dependent on the participant’s world view.
Go well Ashley Bloomfield
With a sense of regret for many of us this week Ashley Bloomfield announced his pending resignation as Director General of Health.
Open mike 10/04/2022
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Grumpy mod note
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Open mike 09/04/2022
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