Latest Newshub/Reid Research poll – Labour cruising, National floundering
Labour can still rule alone and the Greens are looking safer.
Open mike 27/09/2020
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National’s alternative budget doesn’t add up
If ever you needed a symbol of National’s current plight it is the handling of the release of its alternative budget. It has been a complete and utter shambles. A clusterf&*k of epic proportions. Because if there is one part of National’s reputation that needs to be defended at all costs it is the perception that they are competent financial managers and making multiple billion dollar mistakes in your alternative budget at election time is the one thing over all else that will hurt that part of your reputation.
Open mike 26/09/2020
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Daily review 25/09/2020
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So much for the climate change consensus
Ten months ago National supported the Zero Carbon Bill and called for a consensus between the major political parties on the overall framework through which climate change issues are addressed. This week National trashed all of that to try and shore up its sagging support.
Open mike 25/09/2020
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Daily review 24/09/2020
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Vote Labour To Support Your Job
This is a backpocket election – and that’s where most of Labour’s effort is going as it rightly should.
National’s many and varied Covid border policies
On Tuesday National announced the fifth variation of its Covid border policy this year.
The Greens on urban farming
This is exactly the kind of approach the Green Party would like to encourage – it’s strategic, it’s intergenerational and it recognises the interconnectedness of our people, the environment and local communities.
Open mike 24/09/2020
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Daily review 23/09/2020
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Last night’s leader debate
The leaders of our both main parties committed to neoliberalism is another kind of brutality that we seem reluctant to address.
Open mike 23/09/2020
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Colmar Brunton poll: Labour still way ahead
Judith will not enjoy this poll result.
Daily review 22/09/2020
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How low can National go?
With news of a second mistake in National’s draft budget its campaign is in trouble and support for other right wing parties appears to be surging. Update: Stuff is reporting a further $3.9 billion dollar mistake …
Open mike 22/09/2020
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Daily review 21/09/2020
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Open mike 21/09/2020
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Paora Goldsmith is National’s $4 billion dollar man
Paul Goldsmith has blighted National’s campaign launch by making a $4 billion dollar mistake in National’s budget costings.
The Auckland Central Poll
A Reid Research poll has suggested that Helen White is well ahead of Emma Mellow and Chloe Swarbrick and that Labour’s support is still sky high.
Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death Matters Here
RBG’s death was an important event for women here because it happened on the anniversary of Women’s Suffrage Day 126 years ago. On this day in New Zealand we celebrate women being able to vote, the women who won further victories of political liberation, and many got together to recount our female heroes enabled by that right and all those rights that followed.
Open mike 20/09/2020
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National’s lolly scramble tax cuts
Despite claiming that the PREFU figures were catastrophic and despite stating a month ago that it would not do this National has come out with a policy of temporary tax cuts favouring the rich. They must be desperate.
Open mike 19/09/2020
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Daily review 18/09/2020
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Reti’s running
Yesterday Shane Reti ignited leadership rumours after he was asked if he wanted to be National leader and did not pledge support for existing leader Judith Collins.
Choosing ‘enough’ rather than ‘more’
A brief look at steady state economics and the values of enough rather than more.
Open mike 18/09/2020
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Daily review 17/09/2020
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Greens: expanding living wage beyond public service with Fair Pay Agreements
The Green Party welcome Labour’s commitment to extend the living wage to Government contractors, but will push for Fair Pay Agreements across industries in the next Government so more New Zealanders can earn a dignified income.
Open mike 17/09/2020
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Daily review 16/09/2020
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Grant Robertson’s crisis leadership
Much has rightly been made of the leadership quality of Prime Minister Ardern this year. But the PREFU results announced today shows that Minister of FInance Grant Robertson is by a long way the most effective Minister of Finance we have had since Dr Michael Cullen.