The Auditor General has decided that Katherine Rich, head of the Food and Grocery Council which includes Coca Cola as well as Alcohol and Tobacco interests has no conflict in being a member of the Health Promotion Agency, a quango with the role of supporting healthy lifestyles.
Unbelievable.
What would be in your budget speech if you were leader of the opposition?
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Labour’s Finance spokesperson Grant Robertson gave his pre-budget speech this morning. “So, what would a responsible government be doing in the Budget next week?”…
David Farrar has a bad case of STD (Standard Titillation Disorder).
I’m all in favour of holding Key accountable for his actions in general, but not when the victim herself has asked McCready to desist. McCready should respect her wishes.
Chris Finlayson has described a comment made by John Key as “wild eyed stuff” on National Radio,
All the best to those coping with the wild weather or its aftermath. We’ll see lots of photos of floods and damage, but no discussion of the increasing risks of extreme weather.
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Spy watchdog Cheryl Gwyn has announced an investigation into circumstances surrounding possible spying on our allies by the GCSB in support of Tim Groser’s tilt for the top WTO job.
Given that Amanda Bailey asked McCready to withdraw his case, this is good news.
One of the biggest political deceptions in our lifetime? Or just an honest mistake by our noble Finance Minister?
Pulling ponytails and calling people names – I guess it’s true, the PM is 11 years old.
Why is it left to the Reserve Bank to try and tackle the property bubble? It’s true – this government is recklessly complacent.
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Today’s social media lolz. There’s a difference between obvious attempts to astroturf a nickname and ones that have gone viral naturally.
As widely reported today, the TPPA has taken a probably fatal hit in the US Senate. Good riddance.
Stuff are running a live chat with Andrew Little at noon.
Half the workplace deaths in NZ last year were in agriculture. Already this year the toll has been massive.
“National’s talk now is about how achieving surplus was an “artificial target” and that getting a surplus is “like landing a 747 on the head of a pin.” A lot of effort has gone into glossing over the broken promise. But I see it for what it is – one of the biggest political deceptions in a lifetime.”
ACT’s David Seymour is acting all surprised about the damaging consequences of right-wing policies. It’s like he’s seeing the world for the first time.
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Nepal has been hammered again. Here’s how to donate.
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Full marks to these folk for clever protest placement.
For the sake of reference – Nye Bevan was a Labour mp and the architect of the British NHS. Michael Sheen’s speech was a defense of that institution, but the underpinning message is, well…
Giovanni Tiso has discovered that Cactus Kate’s blog is slowly disappearing from the Internet.
Two opinion pieces yesterday make uncomfortable reading for Key.
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An excellent summary reposted with permission from Dim-Post. “Seems to me that one of Labour’s biggest problems – both here and in the UK – is that they’re faced with an opponent that is (a) better resourced than them and (b) uses those resources to make themselves far, far better at politics than their left-wing opponents.”
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Ben Rachinger was a dirty politics insider, he is telling his story. Ben has asked for help.
