As fuel crisis continues, National continues to hesitate and “analyse”. Today Willis denied she was not taking it seriously but also said her first port of call was to increase the range of fuels available for import into the country
Today I learned, we owe a great debt to Grant Roberston and just wanted to say thanks
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Don’t hold on to an old umbrella in a wuthering storm.
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In absence of a concrete leadership plan from this government to address the impending oil supply crisis, this post is for us to simply note down what actions we are taking ourselves.
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The Chinese Embassy is right. The recent joint statement by Australia and New Zealand condemning China’s actions in the South China Sea reads like a relic from a bygone colonial era.
The government has shifted position and is now directly talking about the need to plan and prepare for a potential crisis and doing so for the worst case scenario.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon should be fired over the imperilment of the New Zealand economy by his government’s laissez-faire response to the coming energy shock.
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Driven by ideology, this Government has worsened the country’s prospects to reduce oil dependance by axing policies that would have cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
“True resilience will not come from stockpiling more finite, fossil fuels, but from reducing our reliance on fossil fuels altogether.” – Greenpeace
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“There are 23,000 home support workers on low wages who look after our most vulnerable people – the elderly, disabled and injured – every single day who need help urgently, right now. They deserve better than being left to foot the bill” – Fleur Fitzsimons, PSA
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Jacinda Ardern led the country through some of the most taxing international crises imaginable. How would she deal with the potential oil shock caused by the Iranian war and how does this compare to Christopher Luxon’s response?
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We are now in the opening days of what may be the decisive war to determine either the survival of the Iranian state or the expulsion of the US from the Arab lands.
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“Every emergency plan principle that I’m aware of says you communicate early, honestly and with a plan.” – Nathan Surendran
Shane Jones has been making a song and dance about how the previous Labour Government was responsible for the closure of the Marsden Point Refinery. But a perusal of the cabinet paper he cites in support shows that this clearly is not the case.
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In the short and medium term, what should this government do as a plan?
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Winston Peters has been in this scenario before. The brutal replacement of Jim Bolger as PM in 1997 eventually saw Peters walk away from the coalition. What will happen this time around?
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The US-Israeli killing of children must be stopped.
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Latest poll results show a gain of 10 seats by Labour but don’t forget the voter disenfranchisement laws and NZME’s Editorial Direction is still to come
It has been a hell of a week for Christopher Luxon. His performance particularly over Iran has been appalling. And a new poll puts National under 30%.
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