Digital Corporations: Pay Us What You Owe Us
The Government has indicated that it will seek to tax digital companies from overseas.
Open mike 19/02/2019
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Colmar Brunton Feb 2019
Another poll, another sizzling result for Jacinda Ardern and the Coalition team. Mansplain that, Simon.
Daily review 18/02/2019
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What China crisis?
Claims that New Zealand is at a crisis point in terms of its relationship with China appear to be somewhat overegged.
Lock ’em Up!?
Unionist and former MP Darien Fenton takes issue with a major weakness in our law. That’s the ability of guilty bosses to just ignore the rulings of the Employment Court. Can’t pay? Won’t pay!
Pike River mine evidence went missing
It has been alleged that a potentially vital piece of evidence in the Pike River mine fatality that may show the cause of the explosion may have gone missing.
Open mike 18/02/2019
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Open mike 17/02/2019
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How To Get There 17/2/19
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
The NZ National Party is the Wizard of Oz
The National Party is a sad, confused, slightly dazed white old man behind the curtain.
Walls and Bridges
It’s been a horror week for two leaders and a leader who will never be leader.
TRP casts a wary and weary eye over three political zombies whose time appears up.
And, oh, Jeremy Corbyn.
Blomfield beats Slater
Matt Blomfield has obtained judgment in his long running defamation case against Cameron Slater.
Open mike 16/02/2019
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Daily review 15/02/2019
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Open mike 15/02/2019
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The end of tenure review
Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage has ended the policy of tenure review, under which large tracts of land were privatised and onsold for huge profits and sensitive ecological areas wrecked.
Dead cats and silly sausages
Today in distractions: David Carter is covering for Simon Bridges’ polling results by upsetting the whole idea of non-partisan accountability of the Government to Parliament in select comittees, I give some free advice to the National Party comms team knowing they won’t pull it off, and Mallard has lost patience with non-answers
Daily review 14/02/2019
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$58 billion verses democracy: Bouganville
There’s trouble on the horizon in Bouganville with its government proposing significant changes to its mining law to allow wide scale mining on the island.
Open Mike 14/02/2019
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Can Sexism Save Simon’s Bacon?
National Party in dick pick SHOCKER!!!
Yes, Simple Simon reveals his saucy side as he SHOWS US HIS SAUSAGE.
But is anyone biting?
Daily Review 13/02/2019
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Spark vs Spooks
Spark wants Huawei’s 5G technology because its the best and the cheapest. The GCSB spooks don’t want us to have it because 5Eyes and because the US has yanked their chain. The Prime Minister says no decision has been made – the media and the world think it is a goneburger. We should support New Zealand’s Spark, not US corporate interests.
National crashes select committee meeting
National has decided to play politics and sabotaged today’s Finance and Expenditure Select Committee meeting.
Dear St Valentine
Deep in the perpetually joyous realm you inhabit, could you pop over and have a chat to St Francis? I am pretty […]
The leader has my full support
National’s message discipline on support for Leader Simon Bridges is strangely missing.
Open Mike 13/02/2019
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Pollwatch: 11/02/2019
Kia ora koutou readers, and welcome back to the first Pollwatch of 2019, and as our official Worst News™ will tell you, (okay, […]
Daily review 12/02/2019
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Should We Fear Judith Collins?
So, it turns out Simon’s a dud. What do the Tories do about it? And can Judith Collins really make a difference?
Climate change – the ongoing disaster
In my youth back in the late 1970s and early 80s, I did a BSc in Earth Sciences. I learned that our human framework of decades and centuries was but a blink of an eye to nature. Our period, that blink in time, is fast fading.
Sheepgate the final chapter
The final chapter of the Saudi Sheepgate saga has now been written with David Parker pulling the pin on the deal and saving the country $1 million.
Open Mike 12/02/2019
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Latest Reid Research poll result disastrous for National and Bridges
The latest Reid Research poll is disastrous for National.
Daily review 11/02/2019
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