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Date published: 9:20 am, March 3rd, 2019 - 25 comments
The Herald has reported that there has been concerns at Maggie Barry’s behaviour towards staff has been raised on three separate occasions. And Parliamentary Services is at the suggestion of the Auditor General investigating claims of misuse of Parliamentary Services resources.
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 3rd, 2019 - 76 comments
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Date published: 6:46 am, March 3rd, 2019 - 83 comments
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Date published: 1:21 pm, March 2nd, 2019 - 67 comments
National’s claim that a capital gains tax would reduce the value of an average worker’s Kiwisaver account by $64,000 over a 45 year working life seems to be as valid as Steven Joyce’s claim there was an $11.5 billion dollar hole in Labour’s draft budget.
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Date published: 12:44 pm, March 2nd, 2019 - 31 comments
Treat CGT like a semi-voluntary donation and give people a say in how it is spent.
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Date published: 10:15 am, March 2nd, 2019 - 84 comments
Christchurch police have been ordered to carry guns until a wanted man is arrested. Is this a dry run for the permanent arming of our cops?
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 2nd, 2019 - 134 comments
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Date published: 2:51 pm, March 1st, 2019 - 39 comments
Why is Simon Bridges’ twitter account liking and retweeting his own tweets?
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Date published: 7:00 am, March 1st, 2019 - 250 comments
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Date published: 5:24 pm, February 28th, 2019 - 25 comments
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Date published: 8:15 am, February 28th, 2019 - 32 comments
Gerry Brownlee has been obliged to withdraw a Facebook ad about tax bracket creep after it was discovered he had used grossly overinflated figures.
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Date published: 7:44 am, February 28th, 2019 - 106 comments
Live video coverage of Michael Cohen’s testimony to the House Oversight committee
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Date published: 7:33 am, February 28th, 2019 - 43 comments
Newshub has revealed that Jacinda Ardern instructed her ministers not tp publicly discuss National’s problems with Jami-Lee Ross.
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 28th, 2019 - 152 comments
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Date published: 5:35 pm, February 27th, 2019 - 86 comments
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Date published: 9:16 am, February 27th, 2019 - 249 comments
Expert comment suggests that a capital gains tax will redress inequality, improve the economy and make housing more affordable.
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Date published: 7:15 am, February 27th, 2019 - 51 comments
Yesterday Cameron Slater announced that he would be seeking bankruptcy. It is unlikely to help him to avoid the stress of dealing with the legal consequences. The three current defamation cases that he is defending so badly have very little to do with money and a lot to do with making sure neither he nor any other arsehole dares to use his vile tactics again.
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 27th, 2019 - 119 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 26th, 2019 - 28 comments
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Date published: 9:30 am, February 26th, 2019 - 59 comments
There is a classic piece of waffle in the NZ Herald about when capital gains tax will apply to the family home. But the conditions when this applies are extremely simple and obvious. However professed experts on taxation like the so-called ‘taxpayers union’ can’t understand them. Probably because they are paid not to.
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Date published: 8:57 am, February 26th, 2019 - 104 comments
Events in recent days have forced UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn into backing a second Brexit referendum. Labour are now aligned with the majority of British voters, but is it too little too late?
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Date published: 8:02 am, February 26th, 2019 - 20 comments
John Tamihere has been endorsed by Jordan Williams for Auckland’s mayoralty. And his campaign has commissioned the Taxpayers Union to do a cost cutting exercise.
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 26th, 2019 - 171 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, February 25th, 2019 - 25 comments
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Date published: 8:50 am, February 25th, 2019 - 192 comments
The concentration of wealth and power insufficiently regulated capitalism has caused, now works against the survival of human civilisation. With the wealthy opposing any attempts to limit the damage which affects their wealth.
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Date published: 8:17 am, February 25th, 2019 - 225 comments
Spare a thought for poor landlords who are aghast at the thought that they should have to share capital gains on properties they have purchased with no intent of making a capital gain.
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Date published: 7:05 am, February 25th, 2019 - 150 comments
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Date published: 8:00 am, February 24th, 2019 - 34 comments
IBM has staged a debate between an IBM computer and the world debating champion. The human won but the debate suggests that it may be just a matter of time … and the computer had remarkable things to say about poverty.
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Date published: 7:00 am, February 24th, 2019 - 110 comments
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Date published: 6:57 am, February 24th, 2019 - 25 comments
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.
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Date published: 12:26 pm, February 23rd, 2019 - 19 comments
A life changing operation is a big decision and there are no easy answers.
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