Open Mike 20/08/2017
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Excuses/reasons, for not doing anything about children in poverty.
Excuses/reasons, for not doing anything about children in poverty.
This is a re-post from 2013. Unfortunately the need to talk about poverty is even greater now.
Bye bye Bannon
Breitbart’s loss is the White House’s gain as the revolving door continues. And the question will be asked. Was it Trump’s appallingly bad handling of the Charlottesville riots that caused Bannon’s demise?
Equal pay protestors chase the Government out of the Dunedin hospital
They ran away from equal pay.
Labour Campaign Launch this Sunday
Labour’s campaign launch is this Sunday in Auckland.
Green Party makes astounding poll recovery in 24 hours!
Can we please get on with the real mahi now?
National’s Record On The Environment – Abysmal
In the style of how John Key’s contribution to the truth was discussed, lets take a wee look at National’s record on the environment
Guest post – Marja Lubeck – Labour list candidate
Guest post by Labour list and Rodney candidate Marja Lubeck on why she became involved in politics.
Legal action on “Hit and Run” deaths
Lawyers for the villagers in the area allegedly hit in Operation Burnham are taking the Government to court over its refusal to hold an independent inquiry. English responds with some particularly vile spin.
Messages to vote for
Open Mike 19/08/2017
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Daily Review 18/08/2017
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That 5% threshold and recent polling
Matthew Whitehead on MMP and the threshold, along with some commentary on the current polling situation.
Jacinda Ardern helps fix Nat billboard – classy!
What will the next Labour caucus look like?
Early days but Labour’s surge should result in an outstanding array of talent entering Parliament.
Labour’s momentum – Nat’s fall
What Jacinda Ardern has accomplished here is nothing short of astonishing. As a one-off bump in the polls it rivals Brash’s infamous Orewa speech. But Ardern’s rise is based on optimism and positivity rather than racist dog whistles.
Getting out the vote
Tips on helping people to enrol to vote.
Greens commit to Tauranga – Hamilton – Auckland passenger rail service
National has let regional rail services rust away but the Greens in government will restore rail as the backbone of New Zealand’s transport system, for freight and for people
Open Mike 18/08/2017
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Daily Review 17/08/2017
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A “Culture of Entitlement”?
With the current dialog about welfare, It is time to look at the people who are the real beneficiaries, of the welfare system.
Who use the educated and healthy workforce our system provides
The people who say “everyone should stand on their own two feet”, “you don’t work you don’t eat”, and “take personal responsibility”,
The business sector.
Labour addresses urgent mental health need in Canterbury
In the wake of devastating earthquakes in Canterbury, National’s treatment of mental health needs in the region has been absolutely shameful. Yesterday Jacinda Ardern released new policy to help address the crisis. Great work from Labour in an area that National have cruelly neglected.
Are Government-business Think Tanks worthwhile?
In America Donald Trump has abandoned business think tanks that he established not that long ago. During the last Labour Government Helen Clark established the Growth and Innovation Advisory Board with mixed results. What should a Jacinda Ardern led Labour-Green coalition do?
National – Delivering no pay rises for NZ
Expect plenty of Nat boasting on “the economy” in the election campaign. They’ll be desperate to hide the inconvenient fact that ordinary workers are going backwards.
Hager: Dirty Politics three years on
In an excellent piece on The Spinoff, Nicky Hager reflects on three years after Dirty Politics.
Time now to sweep the party of these disgusting tactics out of office and #ChangeTheGovernment.
Open Mike 17/08/2017
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Daily Review 16/08/2017
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Key praises Ardern and Labour
Key: “The camera likes Jacinda. Paul Holmes once said to me ‘on TV they see your heart’ – she responds well to that so that works really well for her…”, “Labour made the right decision to make Jacinda Ardern leader”
Race Relations Commissioner calls on UN to to support inquiry into the abuse of children in state care
Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy has called on the UN to tell the government to hold an independent inquiry into the abuse of children and people with disabilities in state care. (Some of us were wrong about Devoy!)
This is life on a benefit for ill and disabled people
A must read Guest Post for anyone thinking about poverty and welfare this election – a former social scientist turned welfare beneficiary speaks out on WINZ’s state-sponsored neglect of more than 84,000 long-term disabled New Zealanders.
Strewth Cobbah
Over the ditch the Australian Government has accused New Zealand Labour of using Parliament to undermine Barnaby Joyce. But an analysis of the claim suggests that anyone claiming this should be regarded as being a whacka because the media was onto the claim two days before the questions were asked.
NZ Super Fund divests from high risk fossil fuels
350 Aotearoa and the Green Party on the $950 million removal from high-risk fossil fuel investments.
Open Mike 16/08/2017
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Daily Review 15/08/2017
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What are our SAS up to? An easy to digest guide!
A short video looking at the major issues in the Hager/Stephenson book ‘Hit and Run’
Hope for Pike River families
Most major political parties apart have agreed to a commitment which would set up a government agency to take over Pike River Mine and reclaim the miners’ bodies. Naturally the exception is National – isolated on this issue prior to the election….