Labour’s conference
Labour’s conference will be in full swing this weekend. Don’t expect any policy fireworks.
Why there should be an equal number of men and women in Cabinet
Canadian Prime Minister explains clearly why he decided to have an equal number of men and women in his cabinet.
Useless on unemployment
“Less debt more jobs” says National’s billboard. Instead we good the opposite. With extra helpings of icing on this Cake of Fail.
Open mike 06/11/2015
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TPPA text released
The text of the TPPA has finally been released to the plebs – i.e. we the people. Too little too late.
Daily Review 05/11/2015
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TV3’s woes and a media bouquet
Excellent piece on TV3’s woes at Spinoff this morning. It’s a grim picture for news over all, and we are much the poorer for it. (Bonus bouquet to Kirsty Johnston at The Herald for her current series on education.)
The threats facing NZ
Some buzz this morning about an official list of six “threats” facing NZ. For some reason most of the actual threats aren’t on the official list.
David Cunliffe on the state of the media in New Zealand
In Parliament yesterday David Cunliffe spoke about the state of the country’s Media and how in rugby terms the right have effectively screwed the scrum..
The Carnival is over
Ad reflects on how the carnival of the Rugby World Cup is now over.
Open mike 05/11/2015
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Daily Review 04/11/2015
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NRT: The SIS is unfit for purpose
I/S at No Right Turn writes on today’s IGIS report: “The overall picture is that SIS is a mess and highly resistant to change…”
The Pacific as we know it is doomed
“‘Unless the world acts decisively in coming weeks, the Pacific as we know it is doomed,’ says Fijian prime minister Frank Bainimarama”. Odds of the world acting decisively in the coming weeks – effectively nil.
The education review
National is initiating a review of education. They will of course be excluding consideration of resourcing and their sacred cows (national standards, charter schools). One possible outcome appears to be shifting resources from poorer schools to richer ones.
Open mike 04/11/2015
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Daily Review 03/11/2015
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Welcome Marama Davidson
Welcome to new Green MP Marama Davidson.
DoC Staff Striking during Conservation Week
How far removed from a ‘cloth-capped mob of union-stirrers and industrial saboteurs’ would the staff of the Department of Conservation be? These people […]
Whaleoil shall overcome
Cameron Slater has had his advertising income from Google cut off for stating that the only solution is to kill adherants of the Islamic faith before they kill us. And he thinks that fundamental rights are involved …
4 days Left to answer Ombudsmen Survey
People have just four days left to tell the Chief Ombudsman about their experiences of making requests to government agencies under the Official Information Act if they are to inform her enquiry into government agencies’ OIA practices.
Is this our brighter future?
This morning’s media has reports of increased domestic violence being reported by beneficiaries and an increase of the time and resources the police are having to put into helping the mentally unwell. And record profits earned by the Australian banks.
Foxy on John Key and the RWC
If a picture paints a thousand words this cartoon by Foxy paints a million.
Open mike 03/11/2015
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Daily Review 02/11/2015
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Jonathan Pie wants the world economy explained
Jonathan Pie discusses the meaning of the World’s economy in 3 minutes and 11 seconds.
30 Years after ANZUS (and we’re doing fine)
More than a million comments
As at 08:30 NZST 2nd November 2015, we passed having more than a million approved and published comments. It is a little later than was predicted by Eddie back in March 2012, but was a pretty damn accurate estimate given the vagaries of the political cycles.
Dear Stuart Nash
Stuart Nash has criticised members of the Labour and this blog for having open and occasionally forceful debate.
Fouling our nest
New Zealand is a beautiful country, and tourism is our second biggest earner of foreign exchange. We’d be stupid to trash the place, right?
Open mike 02/11/2015
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Muslim Gives Away Medal.
For some, winning isn’t just about grabbing the glory.
Paying a generous wage
Well paid staff are happy, productive staff. Who’d have thought it!
Indonesia is burning
There is a catastrophic event happening in one of the world’s more populous nations which is receiving very little attention from the media. Indonesia is burning and no one is paying attention
Open mike 01/11/2015
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ABs vs Australia
Will the All Blacks be the first team to defend a RWC title?