Daily Review 19/02/2018
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The strange case of the Judith Collins support website
A Back Judith Collins website has been established. And Collins is denying involvement.
US kids fight back: you are either with us or against us
Four days after surviving a shooting massacre at her school, student Emma Gonzalez gave this stunning speech at an anti-gun rally in Florida. Other students are organising the National School Walkout and March for Our Lives.
Mueller v Russia
Robert Mueller has laid an indictment alleging that thirteen Russians and three Russian entities illegally interfered with the 2016 American Election campaign.
Open Mike 19/02/2018
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Strong and decisive
Judith Collins has picked on the campaign term strong and decisive for behaviour better described as brutal and obdurate.
ALRANZ: 16 reasons to change the abortion law
Labour are intending to change NZ’s abortion laws. ALRANZ has 16 good reasons why that’s important (and overview of the current laws).
Open Mike 18/02/2018
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Seymour is dancing with the stars
David Seymour has indicated his commitment to improving ACT’s plight by enrolling for Dancing with the Stars.
Labour to reform abortion law
Justice Minister Andrew Little has given the go ahead to change NZ’s archaic abortion legislation.
Dunedin City Council votes for carbon neutral target
“Offsets alone would not achieve the zero carbon target and a significant systematic and behavioural change would still be needed…”
Open Mike 17/02/2018
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Beetrooted
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s future in politics is on the line as he responds to allegations of infidelity, hypocrisy and misuse of Government resources.
TPPA-11 update and actions
The TPPA-11 is set to be signed on March 8. There are still huge problems with the agreement for NZ. Jane Kelsey provides an update.
Open Mike 16/02/2018
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Daily Review 15/02/2018
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An in Vogue Prime Minister
Our PM doing girly stuff is quite ok. It’s what else they’re doing that needs looking at.
Hey Stuart Nash Maui’s Dolphins are approaching extinction
Global Sharemarkets
Recent volatility in the U.S. stockmarkets has attracted calls that capitalism is facing a crisis. But the reality appears to be different.
Open Mike 15/02/2018
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Daily Review 14/02/2018
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Fletcher Chair resigns but directors retain huge fees despite staggering loss
Fletcher announces more huge losses but directors still laughing all the way to the bank
Then there were three
Amy Adams has announced that she will also be seeking the leader’s position of the National Party.
No Bridges Bridges announces he will seek National leadership
Simon Bridges has announced that he too will be seeking the National Party leadership.
Where’s my share?
Had anyone with a job (other than the top 2 tiers of management) had a wage increase higher than inflation recently?
Crusher wants to crush
Judith Collins has announced that she is running for National’s Parliamentary leadership.
Who will be National’s next leader?
Following Bill English’s resignation the question is who will be National’s next leaders. The Standard authors have put their heads together and come up with some suggestions.
Nationwide public meetings: TPPA-11 update, and what we can do
Auckland 12 Feb – Wellington 14 Feb – Nelson 20 Feb – Christchurch 21 Feb – Dunedin 22 Feb
Open Mike 14/02/2018
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Daily Review 13/02/2018
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Help for Tonga
Cyclone Gita has caused devastation across the Tongan islands, and is being called the worst storm in at least 60 years.
Bill is gone. Free for all spectator time
Bill English has resigned. Apparently his confidence of last week had a limited lifespan. RNZ has the live feed. Now we can really speculate on which one of the no-hopers will assume the position to fail at the next election.
Stop Using the ‘F’ Word.
Because words matter.
Open Mike 13/02/2018
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Knighthood Interrupted, and the curious case of New Zealand Defamation Law
Bob Jones is now suing the woman that wants to strip him of his Knighthood over her use of the term “hate speech.” Can we think about perhaps stopping this litigiousness now?
Daily Review 12/02/2018
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