Auckland’s new fuel tax
The signs are that Aucklanders are going to support a regional fuel tax designed to alleviate congestion.
Labour ban letting fees
A good start from Labour on rent reforms, but will their bigger plans be enough?
Open Mike 23/03/2018
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Daily Review 22/03/2018
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Coleman is quitting
Jonathan Coleman has announced his resignation from Parliament.
Naughty Nick’s Parliamentary Porkie
Nick Smith has been caught out by Trevor Mallard telling a porkie in Parliament.
Activists bring Mataura River poo to the Environment Southland
“Epic #ShowDontTell action”
Greenpeace isn’t a charity, it’s a necessity
Greenpeace’s press release on the Charities Board decision not to grant the environmental organisation charity status.
Open Mike 22/03/2018
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Daily Review 21/03/2018
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NRT on transitioning off fossil fuels
Two posts from No Right Turn.
“Fundamentally, climate change means it is us or the oil industry. We know whose side the Greens are on. But people are doubting Labour, and they only have themselves to blame for it.”
Also a post on banning fossil-fueled cars.
Facebook is in trouble
A whistleblower, Christopher Wyllie, has explained how Cambridge Analytica managed to secure the data of 50 million Americans and how it was used in the last US Presidential election.
Open Mike 21/03/2018
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Daily Review 20/03/2018
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Remember President Obama?
The world has changed dramatically since Barak Obama was President of the United States.
Ardern suggests that oil exploration may cease
The Government is reconsidering the future of New Zealand’s block offer process which releases exploration permits to the oil industry for exploratory drilling.
Open Mike 20/03/2018
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Daily Review 19/03/2018
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Democracy, Faux Democracy and Terror.
Facebook, Putin, poisoning and Ghouta have all given fairly extensive media coverage of late. Nothing much on Afrin. Afrin has just fallen to terrorists backed by Turkey.
Update: the photo used for this post is of the The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army (TQILA), who are part of the International Revolutionary People’s Guerrilla Forces fighting in Syria.
Green Party statements on giving their parliamentary Questions to the Opposition
“As Greens, we’ve always stood for modernising our democracy, making MPs more accountable and giving the public better access to the levers of power.”
Greens give National their primary questions for oral answer
The Greens have offered National their Primary Questions for oral answer in Parliament without conditions.
The Incredible Silence of John Key V2.0
Update: Bridges finds his voice. And apologises.
Open Mike 19/03/2018
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Sanctions. Weapons of War.
When elite’s tussle, shouldn’t we look after us and ours?
Du Plessis-Allan jumps the shark
Heather Du Plessis-Allan has suggested that there is a power struggle happening in the Labour Party. Without the benefit of things normally considered to be important elements of an argument, those things being facts.
Tell the Health Committee: Make our cannabis law fair for those in pain
“The Health Select Committee is about to consider the government’s changes to medicinal cannabis law. This is your chance to tell politicians they have not gone far enough.”
The Greens have a handy online submission form that you can send as is or add your own thoughts. Submissions close on Wednesday.
Open Mike 18/03/2018
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Doofus of the week – March 17, 2018
is awarded this week to Lisa Prager who is convinced that construction of cycleways in Auckland is part of a global conspiracy to take away our rights and whose sledge hammering technique is not optimal.
Open Mike 17/03/2018
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Russian to Judgment
The possible poisoning of Sergei Skripal and the consequent hysteria have all the signs of another false flag operation, as we saw before the second American invasion of Iraq. The chain of circumstantial evidence has more holes in it than a swiss cheese, and while attempted murder (if that is what it is) is a criminal act Winston Peters and Jeremy Corbyn are sane voices calling for evidence before any attribution still less action.
Daily Review 16/03/2018
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Some neigbourly advice for Kirikiriroa from a concerned JAFA
Hamilton or Kirikiriroa? I don’t even know why this is a question. Well, I do, it’s a question because white people are stupid, […]
Collins: No one cares about National’s abject failure over housing
Judith Collins thinks that no one cares that National oversaw the creation of a significant housing crisis.
Where is our economic leadership?
This government has not yet developed an economic strategy.
Open Mike 16/03/2018
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Daily Review 15/03/2018
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