How Covid may work out from here

The world may never get back to a pre covid state.  Until herd immunity is achieved throughout large swathes of the world as well as in Aotearoa New Zealand our borders need to continue to be closely monitored.  The anti vaccination movement and the failure to ensure equitable vaccine distribution may mean that our current messy dread filled reality will continue.

Open mike 15/05/2021

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Daily review 14/05/2021

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Open mike 14/05/2021

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Daily review 13/05/2021

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Open mike 13/05/2021

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Daily review 12/05/2021

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Open mike 12/05/2021

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Daily review 11/05/2021

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Open mike 11/05/2021

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Daily review 10/05/2021

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Open mike 10/05/2021

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Hang Facebook

The decision by the Oversight Board of Facebook to continue banning Donald Trump is one of the biggest moves against free speech and the modern definition of its limits that the world has seen.

Open mike 09/05/2021

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Onya Michael

Yesterday Minister of Labour Michael Wood led the announcement of a policy that conceivably could do more to address the decline in workers wages and conditions over the past 40 years than anything else tried recently.

Open mike 08/05/2021

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Daily review 07/05/2021

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Open mike 07/05/2021

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Daily review 06/05/2021

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Ethnic Cleansing and New Zealand

If we want to be a part of retaining our human rights in the world supported by democracy – and stand with those countries who already see the damage of racist ethnic assimilation – we should continue to resist what China is doing in its north-west.

About the public service pay freeze

A few of us on the left have issues with the public service wage freeze announced yesterday. By setting the salary level so low, at $60,000 per annum, the threat is that previous gains for teachers and nurses will be undermined.

Open mike 06/05/2021

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About Trevor Mallard

  • Trevor Mallard has made a concerted effort to change the tone of Parliament.  But last night got caught in a bickering match with National.

Daily review 05/05/2021

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Open mike 05/05/2021

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Daily review 04/05/2021

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Uyghur separatists behind call for Parliamentary motion on genocide

On Morning Report today ‘High Court lawyer’ Sam Vincent called for Parliament to resolve to condemn alleged Uyghur genocide in Xinjiang. He said he spoke on behalf of Uyghur Solidarity Aotearoa committed to taking action on Xinjiang “or as they call it East Turkestan.” If they call it East Turkestan they are likely separatists, with possible links to terrorists. That explains a lot.