Labour to relax fiscal responsibility rules
Grant Robertson has announced there will be a relaxing of the fiscal responsibility rules, although not until after the next election.
Open mike 24/05/2019
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Daily review 23/05/2019
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Run Brian Run
Brian Tamaki is set to announce the launch of a new political party today.
Open mike 23/05/2019
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Daily review 22/05/2019
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Parliament’s culture
The report into Parliament’s workplace culture has described behaviour that is of major concern.
Open mike 22/05/2019
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Daily review 21/05/2019
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Death tax fake news
Social media was responsible for the repeated broadcasting of the claim that Labor in Australia intended to bring in a death tax. What should happen when claims that are clearly wrong are made?
Billionaire pledges to pay off class of 2019’s student loans
Billionaire investor Robert F. Smith was invited to give the graduation speech at Morehouse College, his old school, and stunned everyone when he deviated from prepared speech notes.
Open mike 21/05/2019
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Daily review 20/05/2019
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Will the Christian Conservatives rise again?
Simon Bridges has conceded that his claim that talk about Alfred Ngaro setting up a conservative party was “rumour and speculation” was not actually true. And Ngaro has gone on the offensive describing abortion as an unholy holocaust.
Open mike 20/05/2019
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Aussie oi?
Overnight in Australia there was meant to be a change to a Labor Government. But something happened …
Open mike 19/05/2019
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Hate Speech Is an Evitable Evil
Online behaviour like any other behaviour can be modified but this will not happen by itself.
How To Get There 19/5/19
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Aussie aussie aussie …
The Australian election is on today. Is this the end of Scomo and the Liberals? Is Tony Abbott goneburger? Will the last act of Bob Hawke’s life push Labor over the line?
The hard change of forestry
Forestry is forcing an important tilting point between mitigating climate change and land use, and it’s going to affect the viability of some North Island towns.
Open mike 18/05/2019
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Daily review 17/05/2019
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In praise of Judith Collins
In what is possibly a first ever occurrence the Standard is publishing a post in praise of Judith Collins for standing up for Green MP Golriz Ghahraman.
Is National thinking of a conservative puppet party?
The Herald has reported that National is considering allowing Alfred Ngaro to form another break away party this time with a definite christian conservative bent and also to take over the Botany electorate.
Open mike 17/05/2019
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Daily review 16/05/2019
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Auf Wiedersehen Iraq
The Germans and the Dutch have suspended training Iraqi soldiers citing increased tensions in the area. What do they know that Ron Mark doesn’t? Cabinet is due to make a decision shortly on our long-planned decision to withdraw, and he seems to want us to stay. Labour’s policy at the election was to withdraw, it should prevail.
Jacinda achieves international commitment to social media change
Jacinda Ardern has shown true international leadership by achieving considerable international consensus to effecting change in the way that social media operates.
Open mike 16/05/2019
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Daily review 15/05/2019
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Why Labour’s student debt policy is a success
National has claimed that Labour’s tertiary fees policy is failing because numbers applying for it have not increased. But National clearly has failed to understand that the policy is about reducing student loan totals or it is deliberately misinterpreting the reason for the policy.
Open mike 15/05/2019
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Daily review 14/05/2019
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Bill Nye loses his s&(t about climate change
Bill Nye has decided that anger is the only adequate response to the climate change crisis.
Swarbrick 2 Bennett 0
Paula Bennett has declined to engage in a debate with Chloe Swarbrick on National TV.