The teachers’ strike
Teachers have indicated they will also be seeking a significant catch up in salaries and job conditions after a decade of neglect.
Open Mike 04/07/2018
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Daily Review 03/07/2018
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The right wing media’s infatuation with breeding
Elements in the media clearly think that the payment of a modest amount to families with young babies will cause them to breed babies for a business.
Mexico turns left
In Mexico a leftist Bernie Sanders like friend of Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as President in a landslide.
Open Mike 03/07/2018
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Daily Review 02/07/2018
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Families Package and Auckland Regional Fuel tax kick in
Labour’s Family Package and the Auckland Regional Fuel tax have both kicked in.
Congrats: fuel tax drive more trucks out of Auckland
Truck drivers are being to told to refuel outside of the Auckland regional fuel tax. Hopefully this will also mean that more of the excessively subsidised road destroying heavy vehicles will stay outside of our precious Auckland roads. But raising the Road User Charges in accordance to the general 4th power law would be more direct and have a better economic effect.
Open Mike 02/07/2018
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The future of the left
Australian Guardian columnist Van Badham writes “the future of the left is bright if it looks like Jacinda Ardern and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes.” She concludes “We can hope the influence of Jacinda Ardern and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes spread, or we can ensure that it does. The stakes for the marginalised remain life and death.” Very worth a read.
Arses and Elbows
Deserving workers and undeserving workers in the public service.
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Doofus of the week – July 1, 2018
The latest in an occasional series where we celebrate the horrendously awful and bizarre behaviour of political figures both locally and overseas.
Open Mike 01/07/2018
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Petrol is going up, and up
Not all the current government’s fault, but the arrival of the fuel tax this weekend heralds a number of very sharp rises in what we have to pay in order to run a car.
Open Mike 30/06/2018
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Daily Review 29/06/2018
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And then there was….
The aftermath of Douma chemical attacks and Skripal poisonings…
Another day, another mass shooting in the US of A *
* but this one involves a media outlet and not a school.
Open Mike 29/06/2018
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Daily Review 28/06/2018
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Soper gets sucked in by National’s fake Ardern quote
Barry Soper in the Herald has fallen for National’s fake news concerning something said by Jacinda Ardern that was taken totally out of context.
Socialist candidate rolls Democrat heavyweight in primary
In a major upset the fourth ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives has lost a New York primary to a young latino woman who is a self described socialist as well as a Bernie Sanders supporter.
Open Mike 28/06/2018
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Daily Review 27/06/2018
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Carmel Sepuloni announces much needed changes to improve WINZ
Carmel Sepuloni has announced much needed changes to make WINZ more sensitive to the needs of New Zealanders who need assistance.
Full retreat
The United States Supreme Court decision to upheld Trump’s travel ban is but the latest example of bad news for international human rights we have had over recent times.
Shock horror, National is telling fibs about Labour’s Industrial Relations policy
National has claimed that Jacinda Ardern ruled out national strikes during the last year’s election campaign. And has trimmed a video and taken comments out of context to justify its claim.
Open Mike 27/06/2018
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Daily Review 26/06/2018
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Flying Kites.
If we can’t see the wood for the trees, shouldn’t we simply step back a bit and look again?
Student Fees
Reposted from Nick Kelly’s Blog One of the big policies the NZ Labour Party took into the 2017 election was to start reintroducing free […]
Godwin’s flaw?
In which we discuss a number of quick hits: Trump thinks judges only exist to be bribed, Sarah Huckabee-Sanders can’t get a seat at a restaurant, and whether Godwin’s Law needs to be amended.
The right is in disarray
David Seymour bombs out of dancing with the stars and Simon Bridges refuses to apologise for calling Neve’s parents “pinko”. Just another week in the train wreck that is right wing politics in New Zealand.
Open Mike 26/06/2018
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Daily Review 25/06/2018
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