Open mike 20/05/2016
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We’re going to burn it all, until we burn it down.
What does it really mean to reduce NZ’s total fossil fuel use by 50% by 2030: a warm up discussion for an upcoming thought experiment.
Daily Review 19/05/2016
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Portugal
There are bits of good news out there, but there’s a lot of denial around the mess we’re in.
Vernon Small on Key’s fiscal Tardis
Small: “Only this week Prime Minister John Key managed to spend one, save it and outline a plan to give it back to taxpayers all at the same time.”
Glib words and false hope aren’t going to cut it
This is a massive market and moral failure. The problem isn’t going to go away, it’s going to get worse, and the media are going to stay on the case. Time for National to borrow some more Labour / Green policy thinking.
Open mike 19/05/2016
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Daily Review 18/05/2016
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Labour would legalise medical cannabis
On Stuff: “Little said cannabis products should be available to anyone suffering chronic pain or a terminal condition if their GP signed off on it.”
A message for our anti-science government
Here’s some more science for the government to hate on: “Paris climate agreement cannot be met without emissions reduction target for agriculture”.
Government’s plan for housing crisis: tread water
The Government’s promised funding for 3,000 new beds for the homeless will not create any but will make sure that existing beds are kept available.
Key to Homeless: You Can Stay at Mine
Prime Minister John Key has today announced a radical plan to solve the housing crisis. The homeless are now welcome to go flatting with him in his Parnell bach. The plan includes draining the swimming pool and subdividing it into flats, putting hammocks in the palm trees and making soup in the pool cabana’s kitchen. Max Key may have to move out to make way for the homeless, but the PM described that as a painful sacrifice he was now willing to make in the light of his son’s most recent social media posting.
Andrew Little live chat 8:30am
“Join Stuff on Facebook at 8:30am Wednesday for a live chat with the leader of the Labour Party”
Open mike 18/05/2016
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Daily Review 17/05/2016
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Homeless coverage goes international
Coverage of Auckland’s homeless goes international. The working poor are now the working homeless.
The 2016 Scoop Foundation Membership Drive
Everyone says they want to support good journalism. Here’s you chance!
Tax cuts! No! Yes! Maybe! Look over there!
English is right, Key is lying and he knows it. But Key would rather we were talking about the mirage of tax cuts (again) than current events like the protection of corrupt tax havens or our homeless living in cars.
Open mike 17/05/2016
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Daily Review 16/05/2016
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Nice weather down here…
… and a freight train coming down the tracks.
We have to have poverty so we can have a tax cut
Despite record Crown debt and a crisis in the social sector National is getting ready to campaign in 2017 promising a tax cut.
NZ fishery catch 2.7 times reported – new study says
“The findings also reveal how the Quota Management System, despite its intentions and international reputation, actually undermines sustainable fisheries management by inadvertently incentivising misreporting and dumping,” University of Auckland’s Dr Glenn Simmons said.
The hidden homeless and the speculators
Speculators keep buying houses while families live in garages and cars. This is a moral failure, a leadership failure, a market failure – it is every kind of failure.
The real reason that politicians will take no action on tax haven corruption
Open mike 16/05/2016
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Make the TPP a Conscience Vote
Last week, Andrew Little gave Phil Goff permission to vote with National for the TPP. Bryan Bruce asks if it is time for all MPs to be given a conscience vote on the TPP.
What Possibility a Mid Winter Celebration?
According to the Herald on Sunday, some people aren’t just sitting back waiting for the Chilcot report to be released before deciding what to do. Some people are getting geared up.
TV3 – The Hui – Special report on poverty
TV3’s excellent current affairs show, The Hui (Mihingarangi Forbes) just screened a special report on poverty. What happens to people who are kicked off a benefit?
Matthew Hooton and the Radio New Zealand post
Radio New Zealand recently published a piece penned by well known supporter of the right Matthew Hooton. What has happened to the concept of balance?
Economic Leadership
The Reserve Bank is doing more for New Zealand than the National Government.
Interview with William Black
William Black consented to a rare interview with a young New Zealand local radio host and longtime Standard commenter.
Open mike 15/05/2016
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Take action on tax haven corruption? NZ says – meh
The Nats are all over the place on this, and they’re trashing our reputation in the process.
Competition lapdog a cert to approve newspaper monopoly
“The newspaper market is buggered anyway. I wouldn’t expect we will have any daily newspapers in ten year’s time,” says Brian Gaynor.
Open mike 14/05/2016
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