Open mike 13/04/2016
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Daily Review 12/04/2016
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Key’s deposit with company specialising in foreign trusts
Well well well.
Tacks evasion
Whitewash a certainty in tax haven review
John Key’s solution to the exposure of his ludicrous claims that New Zealand has full disclosure on foreign trusts nor is tax haven, […]
Off-shore Trusts (a simple solution)
I know this won’t happen, but still…
Return of the living dead
Don Brash has been resuscitated and is complaining about privilege and preferential treatment. Not of rich old white people like himself but because Maori rights to Taonga may be recognised.
Open mike 12/04/2016
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Daily Review 11/04/2016
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Netflix tax – another one for you peasants
While Key is fighting to make sure our country remains a haven for his rich mates, he’s about to hit you and I with yet another tax. I don’t have a problem with taxes, but I do take issue with the hypocrisy.
Caption Competition
‘ Keep it seemly . . .
Key changed the law to extend NZ as a tax haven
John Key personally directed the 2011 law change that turned NZ into an attractive tax haven.
It’s part of a complicated context involving his failed plan to turn NZ into a “financial hub”.
Open mike 11/04/2016
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Clayton Cosgrove to Leave Parliament
Labour List MP Clayton Cosgrove has announced he is to leave Parliament.
A Design for Living; Guest Post
Young Labour member and regular TS reader TheSocialDemocrat has drawn up a manifesto for change. As neo-liberalism enters its twilight phase, now is the time to redefine the debate about what makes a society great.
Kiwis to be implicated by Panama papers
Yesterday The Nation interviewed the Centre for Public Integrity’s Peter Bale about the inevitability of New Zealanders being implicated by the Panama Papers.
Open mike 10/04/2016
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Justin Lester: begging is a social issue, not a crime
The Auckland local government race isn’t the only one where begging is becoming a top issue.
Simplicity
Good shit happening in France.
Key attends secret lunch to raise cash for flag change campaign
The Herald has reported that John Key helped with fundraising for the flag referendum by attending a private lunch with six wealthy donors.
One of these things is not like the others XIII
One of these things is not like the other, one of these things is not quite the same.
Can you guess which one is not like the other, can you tell me before I finish the game?
Open mike 09/04/2016
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Daily Review 08/04/2016
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A Song from John (All your questions answered)
Okay. So rumoour has it that John was merely a co-writer.
Brownlee is dragging Canterbury down
The Christchurch rebuild gets its second fail grade from Treasury. And what of the rebuild work that has been done with failed reinforcing steel?
Which National Party muppet appointed Peter Boshier to be Chief Ombudsman?
One of the few things the Nats normally excel at, is selecting a suitably unqualified flunkey to ensure an office they have no […]
TPPA review time slashed
The Government has reduced the time the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee has to report back on submissions on the TPPA from one month to five days.
Shameful tactics on beneficiaries
Why does it take a volunteer organisation like Auckland Action Against Poverty to help people get the benefits that they are entitled to?
Panama vows action – NZ closes its eyes
The cycle of corrupt money. 100% tax haven. And we’re being put to shame by Panama.
Open mike 08/04/2016
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Daily Review 07/04/2016
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A cartoon for Planet Key
Kiwibank sale to NZ Super, ACC privatisation by stealth
The transfer of part of Kiwibank to the Cullen Fund will inevitably lead to its privatisation, no matter what the Government says.
What should Auckland Council do about begging
Two conservative mayoral candidates have proposed that people begging should be fined.
Panama tax rort stirs world leaders but not Key
The Panama Papers highlight a significant problem for the countries of the world. The actions of the 1% is robbing countries throughout the world of funds needed to run their countries and underlines that the capitalist system is based on greed. Most leaders see this but not John Key.