Helen Clark on A Zero-Carbon Future
Good piece by Helen Clark on Huff Post: “Paris must be a catalyst for stepped up climate action. The world must move towards a zero-carbon future. There is no room for short-sightedness or a lack of ambition.”
Open mike 05/12/2015
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Daily Review 04/12/2015
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As we bind ourselves with the TPP, so other countries will fill the need
Reeling from tough produce sanctions, Russia will pursue a strategy as the world’s largest supplier of ‘ecologically clean’ food. And where is NZ?
Little in free fall! (In a good way)
Hilary Benn: we never should walk by on the other side of the road
UK MP Hilary Benn has given one of the finest speeches Westminster has heard in years in the debate over Syria. It will go down as a defining moment in the fight against Daesh and proves that bombing alone is not the answer. Watch it. It’s how politics can be, when done right.
#Sheepgate – but wait there’s more
At the same time that there is an Auditor General’s investigation into the appropriateness of the Government spend on the sheep farm in the middle of a Saudi desert the Government has announced a further spend of $2.6 million on a kit set abattoir. And the resumption of live exports by ship may be in the pipeline.
National Ltd™’s Sam Lotu-Iiga tries to pull the wool over our eyes
It was suggested in Parliament that SERCO’s first place position on the Prison Performance Table had been the result of Lotu-Iiga and his department having had the wool pulled over their eyes.
Morgan on Key’s climate change cheat
Gareth Morgan calls Key out as a climate change cheat, and concludes that “We are dangerously close to being laughed out of Paris”.
Open mike 04/12/2015
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Daily Review 03/12/2015
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Dunedin leads the way
On carbon emissions I don’t have any hope for NZ under National, which is still stuck in a stupid fossil fuel mentality. I do have hope for the people, organisations, and regions within NZ who are collectively taking action. And I’m proud that my home of Dunedin is leading the way.
UK votes to bomb Syria
A Labour Mayor for Wellington
Deputy Mayor Justin Lester has announced his candidacy for the top job in the nation’s capital.
The great future tide of homelessness
The Salvation Army, and not the Government, has pointed out some very worrying trends relating to home ownership in New Zealand.
Mopping up the fossil fuels subsidy shame
McClay said he could not answer the specific question because he had “been advised” no such data exists.
How convenient.
Open mike 03/12/2015
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Daily Review
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Deportee
Standard Exclusive:
Te Reo Putake interviews one of the first batch of deportees from Australia under the Liberal Government’s hardline approach to Kiwis who serve jail time in the lucky country.
Good reviews for Little’s reshuffle
A couple of good reviews for Little’s reshuffle of the Labour lineup.
Our man in Paris
Some time today, New Zealand’s Prime Minister, John Key, will be wandering around the hallways of his Paris hotel in his underpants. Or maybe his swimming togs.
The great greenhouse gas research funding switcherooni
John Key has announced an increase in funding on research into the reduction of agricultural emissions of greenhouse gasses of $20 million over four years or $5 million a year. Which is the amount the Government cut from this research two months ago.
Police raiding journalists is a thing now
Yesterday the police raided the home of a 3 News journalist. This seems to be quite a trend in the Brighter Future.
Open mike 02/12/2015
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Daily Review 01/12/2015
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Chris Cairns: Song of the Tall Poppy
The Chris Cairns trial verdict seems to have surprised Kiwis. And some people don’t seem to want to accept he is not a match fixer. Are we that fooled by modern media that our usual decency and sense of fair play has deserted us?
Coleman to regulate high sugar industry
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman said there is a voluntary regime in place for the manufacture and sale of high sugar food but where there is is self regulation it is often ignored.
Because of the danger high sugar foods potentially pose it’s important to have a regulatory body and licensing/education regime to ensure manufacturers and retailers only provide food that has healthy outcomes.
The official New Zealand COP21 negotiating guide
The Youth Delegation at COP 21 has secured a copy of the Government’s negotiation guide and has published it …
New Zealand shamed at Paris
New Zealand provides over $80m in production subsidies for fossil fuel industries.
My Labour Party Caucus and Rankings
I’ve just finished reading all the comments on the reshuffle thread. It gave me an idea. Post here YOUR rankings of the top […]
Nats failing Christchurch and lashing out at Treasury
A Treasury report calls the Christchurch rebuild plan “unachievable”. Gerry Brownlee immediately springs in to action – attacking Treasury. Christchurch deserves better than this…
Open mike 01/12/2015
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Daily Review 30/11/2015
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Duncan Garner and the great Christmas beatup
In which Duncan Garner goes trolling with a great Christmas beatup, and gets taken to task for it.
Trans Tasman make fools of themselves with MP “rankings”
There’s a rubbish publication called “Trans Tasman” which gets some attention once a year when it publishes “rankings” of MPs. These rankings are pretty much always blue-tinted nonsense. But this year Trans Tasman have really made fools of themselves…
The ALP’s climate change emissions reduction target
The Australian Labor Party will today announce its goals for emissions reduction with a plan for zero carbon emissions by 2050.