Daily review 13/05/2025
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The worst Finance Minister ever?
Future historians may consider Nicola Willis to be the country’s worst Finance Minister, even worse than Rob Muldoon and Ruth Richardson.
Open mike 13/05/2025
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Daily review 12/05/2025
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We’ve Lost Australia
New Zealand was once in a sustained Australasian partnership. Now, with New Zealand tracking further and further into policy extremes, Australia – and our children – are leaving New Zealand behind.
Open mike 12/05/2025
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Get ready for the Regulatory Standards Bill
Following on from the undermining under urgency of the current Pay Equity scheme the Government intends to introduce the Regulatory Standards Bill which if passed would have a significant adverse effect on collective rights and environmental action.
Open mike 11/05/2025
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Rock and a hard place: the under 16 social media ban
Given the complexities and conflict over privacy, can MPs be trusted to design a good law?
The beginning of the end
When the history of the sixth National Government is written I am confident that the events of this week when the Pay Equity system was smashed up will be described as the the beginning of the end.
Open mike 10/05/2025
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Daily review 09/05/2025
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Open mike 09/05/2025
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Daily review 08/05/2025
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Vale David Parker MP
David Parker’s Deputy Leader ‘s speech in 2014 at the Wellington Labour Party Conference was the best I ever heard from a Labour Leader. Vision matched values in intensity and scope. Parliament now loses one of its very best.
It’s Time — To Fight.
Pay Equity Amendment Bill passes through all stages under urgency late last night, destroying decades of progress and putting men and women alike back.
Open mike 08/05/2025
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Daily review 07/05/2025
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Lies damned lies and Pay Equity Repeal excuses
Christopher Luxon yesterday tried to claim that budgetary considerations were not the reason for repealing the Pay Equity Legislation even though David Seymour had said that the monetary savings from the bill would save the Budget.
Open mike 07/05/2025
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Daily review 06/05/2025
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National wants to make voting harder
National’s recent announcement that it will take away voting rights from all prisoners may be nothing more than a distraction from its real intent, screwing the electoral scrum by making it harder to vote for some of us.
Dark day for women as Government slams brakes on pay equity to save money
The Government’s proposed changes to the Equal Pay Act will severely limit people in female-dominated professions to be paid fairly. The Government’s changes today are a dark day for New Zealand women as the Government says it will repeal the pay equity law and extinguish 33 existing claims in a constitutional overreach. Protest at Parliament today 1pm
Open mike 06/05/2025
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Daily review 05/05/2025
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Open mike 05/05/2025
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The Ukraine-United States Deal
In a bargain of the damned the United States and Ukraine have signed a peace agreement to share revenues from the future sale of Ukrainian minerals and rare earths.
Coalition definitively rejected in Aussie
The defining characteristic of the 2025 Federal election in Australia to me is that the Dutton model of vague way down in the future policies, and grumpy grievance now policies was soundly rejected. The voting of preferences is ongoing. But Labour has already up a sound majority in the lower house. It also looks like it will be in a much better position in the Senate – but not a majority.
Labor Wins In Australia
In yesterday’s election there was lot to cheer about. Labor won a landslide election. And Coalition leader Peter Dutton lost his seat.
Open mike 04/05/2025
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Open mike 03/05/2025
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The monkey still has the gun!
When John Oliver isn’t ragging on New Zealand, he and his writers have a keen senses in explaining complex topics clearly. He did one long section a couple of weeks ago that took apart the Trumpian view on the economic value of tariffs. Worth watching.. But first about that monkey image
Daily review 02/05/2025
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Blind Spots When Playing for Big Stakes
How the Greens Are Setting Candidates Up to Fail
Open mike 02/05/2025
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Daily review 01/05/2025
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