Daily review 01/12/2020
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Open mike 01/12/2020
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Daily review 30/11/2020
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Power across the Tasman
Australia is likely to have less of an issue with raging bush fires this year. La Niña is likely to give a break to the droughts with a wetter East Coast. Doesn’t stop record heatwaves as is happening at present. Climate change in action. What is also happening is equally predictable – the power systems get affected as well. Interesting to consider for similar climate issues here hitting our power.
Stuff apologises for decades of racist reporting
In a headline I thought I would never read this morning Stuff has apologised for decades of racist reporting, and has in its own words “grappled with the truth that our journalism has often unfairly portrayed Maori, ranging from racist to blinkered”.
Open mike 30/11/2020
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A Bit About How (my) Moderation Works (at present)
An attempt to clarify some misconceptions and dispel some urban myths about (my) moderation.
Open mike 29/11/2020
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Auckland’s tree protection problem
Currently in Auckland far too many of our magnificent trees are not protected. Here are some thoughts on what the Government and Auckland Council should do to change this.
Open mike 28/11/2020
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Daily review 27/11/2020
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Media crisis may be most problematic
The government is simultaneously grappling with the Covid, economic and housing crises, but its failure to act urgently and boldly on the crisis in our Fourth Estate may have the most damaging longer-term effect. Bernard Hickey has lashed out at Broadcasting and Media Minister Kris Faafoi and Jacinda Ardern, for their fiddling-while-Rome-burns response to an industry in meltdown.
The Speech From The Throne
I’m sure one needs a particular depth of political nerdiness to give a flying fig about such things, but since I am one of those, these are my highlights from the speech from the throne to Parliament this week.
Open mike 27/11/2020
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Maiden Speech – Ibrahim Omer take a bow
Ibrahim Omer, refugee, trade unionist, and living wage advocate gave his maiden speech today in Parliament. If you want to watch an outstanding speech and shed a tear or two watch this.
Daily review 26/11/2020
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Open mike 26/11/2020
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Daily review 25/11/2020
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Comrade David signals radical rewrite of Act’s living wage policy
Comrade David Seymour has signalled that Act may argue for a minimum wage of $50 per hour.
Open mike 25/11/2020
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Daily review 24/11/2020
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National announces terms of reference for its election campaign review
National wants to work out what went wrong during the last election.
Open mike 24/11/2020
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Daily review 23/11/2020
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Sneak preview of a neoliberal UBI
Giving migrant workers access to insufficient welfare is a financial coercion tool of right wing and centrist economics.
Georgian Republicans are part of the deep state threat to Trump
Over in the US of A some amazing claims are being made with Trump’a lawyer claiming that in Georgia, which has perfected the art of disenfranchising Black American voters, there has been a deep seated conspiracy to lose the state for Trump. And Venezuela is involved.
No Right Turn: the obvious question
One in four property speculators aren’t paying the bright-line tax.
Open mike 23/11/2020
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National’s annual conference
National has heeded the calls for change and rejuvination by returning Peter Goodfellow as its president.
Open mike 22/11/2020
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Open mike 21/11/2020
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Daily review 20/11/2020
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Time’s up Labour
It’s not possible to resolve New Zealand’s housing and poverty crises from within a neoliberal frame. Change is going to have to be driven from outside of parliament.
Open mike 20/11/2020
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Daily review 19/11/2020
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South Australia’s new Covid strain
During a week in which two Covid vaccines have been announced there is disturbing news coming out of Australia where a new more potent strain of the virus has appeared in South Australia.