Labour’s Auckland light rail announcement
National is criticising Labour for releasing policy during an election campaign.
Open Mike 31/10/2016
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US Election Discussion Post 31/10/16
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Labour wants light rail for Auckland!
Andrew Little has just announced that Labour in Government will accelerate the implementation of light rail in the Auckland Istmus.
Workers’ rights – the Uber ruling
Recent decision in the UK is a victory for workers and their rights.
Follow the money
Phase 2 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act is due to come into force soon and will require lawyers, accountants and other professionals to verify the source of client funds. This will give the Government increased power to monitor capital flows. What will they discover?
Sunday Poetry
Slam, Tourettes and Sam, Le Guin as a man.
The Essential Forest-Gardener – where to start
Robert Guyton continues his series on life in a Riverton Food Forest.
Open Mike 30/10/2016
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Marine reserves and marine disasters
Credit where it is due for the success of the Ross Sea marine reserve. Now how about action where it is needed in our own waters?
The Dreamworld tragedy is a perfect metaphor for a failing system
The loss of four lives at the Dreamworld fun park in the Gold Coast suggests that the corporate greed is good mantra is not working as well as we should expect.
Rigged
Maybe Donald Trump’s claims that the election results are going to be rigged deserve more consideration.
Open Mike 29/10/2016
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US Election Discussion Post weekend edition 29/10/16
The weekend post for all random comments and links on the US election.
Daily Review 28/10/2016
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Hosking’s party political broadcasts
Hosking’s pro-Nat rants have been compared to “state TV in China” and “Fox News-style comment”.
Spinning Key’s India fail
Key’s India trip started off going nowhere fast, and ended up the same way. Gotta love the spin though.
Michael Moore: why blowing up the system and voting for Trump will feel good
Trump is the “human molotov cocktail” that many Americans have been waiting for.
Tax-cuts or… Education
National’s dangling tax cuts, but there are far more important things to be spending public money on. Today: Education.
Farewell Helen Kelly
Updated with video of the service. Details of the memorial service celebrating Helen Kelly’s life scheduled for today.
Open Mike 28/10/2016
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US Election Discussion Post 28/10/16
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Daily Review 27/10/2016
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ISIS Crisis
Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says our training mission to Iraq is undergoing a transformation. We were warned when the troops first went that the mission was always intended to be looser than Brownlee publicly claimed at the time. And so it has turned out to be.
Bennett is PM. We are doomed …
Paula Bennett is currently acting Prime Minister.
Fabian Event – 5th Labour Government – 30 October Auckland 1pm
All are warmly invited to hear Sir Michael Cullen, Hon Margaret Wilson, Hon David Parker, Mike Williams, and Dot Kettle reflect on the experiences of Helen Clark-led three-term Labour government – its achievements and its legacy and discuss its lessons for the future. Sunday 30 October 1pm-5pm Owen Glenn Centre, Auckland University, Grafton Road. Please register here.
Police launch moral crusade against old people
Police subjected a group of elderly people attending a meeting on assisted dying to random breath tests so that they could collect the identities of each person who attended.
US Election Discussion Post 27/10/16
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Meth and housing
Why has Housing NZ ignored repeated advice and misused meth tests to evict tenants? RNZ: “Drug Foundation executive director Ross Bell said Housing New Zealand had caused a huge amount of harm by knowingly misusing the guidelines.”
Open Mike 27/10/2016
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Daily Review 26/10/2016
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Blogs and Activism
What contribution can a blog make to activism?
Ex MP travel expenses – it’s a fair question
Tory MP resigns on point of principle
No, not in NZ, of course. With bonus notes on a “grotesque folly”.
Open Mike 26/10/2016
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US Election Discussion Post 26/10/16
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