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Date published: 9:13 am, April 5th, 2016 - 42 comments
John Key and National are floundering and trying urgently to work out what lines they should use concerning the release of the Panama Papers.
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Date published: 8:00 am, April 5th, 2016 - 66 comments
Deborah Russell provides expert analysis and commentary on the treatment of foreign trusts in New Zealand and how there is actually a loophole.
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Date published: 7:01 am, April 5th, 2016 - 29 comments
The Panama Papers show that NZ operates a tax haven. Key’s denials don’t hold up, particularly in the light of at least two three prior warnings that his government has received.
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 5th, 2016 - 113 comments
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Date published: 6:00 pm, April 4th, 2016 - 17 comments
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Date published: 11:56 am, April 4th, 2016 - 162 comments
Good to see Andrew Little working on the practical politics of building a government in waiting.
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Date published: 10:53 am, April 4th, 2016 - 11 comments
I/S at No Right Turn on the “jihadi brides” lie. “This sort of shit is why we cannot trust our spies, or the Ministers who “oversee” them…”
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Date published: 9:19 am, April 4th, 2016 - 92 comments
A huge leak of confidential documents which reveals how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth suggests that New Zealand plays its part.
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Date published: 8:00 am, April 4th, 2016 - 35 comments
Justin Lester launched his campaign for the Wellington mayoralty yesterday, focusing on housing, supporting small business and social services.
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 4th, 2016 - 143 comments
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Date published: 1:09 pm, April 3rd, 2016 - 13 comments
The west continues to hold a lock on global wealth. Africa and India remain desperately poor. China has built a burgeoning working class and middle class.
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Date published: 8:33 am, April 3rd, 2016 - 66 comments
The parties are over half way through the primaries and Bernie Sanders still has a chance of pulling off what would be a dramatic victory.
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 3rd, 2016 - 105 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 2nd, 2016 - 88 comments
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Date published: 9:19 pm, April 1st, 2016 - 84 comments
Oliver Stone says that the fascism and corruption of big money has poisoned US politics. And Hilary Clinton has embraced it.
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Date published: 6:00 pm, April 1st, 2016 - 11 comments
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Date published: 1:20 pm, April 1st, 2016 - 103 comments
South Dunedin, Lower Hutt, Christchurch, Napier…
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Date published: 10:10 am, April 1st, 2016 - 40 comments
Yesterday 2800 state houses in Auckland were “transferred” to a new authority, which plans to “reduce the number of people the State is supporting”.
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Date published: 8:01 am, April 1st, 2016 - 221 comments
Imperator Fish warns us of the terrifying cost of Labour’s UBI.
It’s even worse than you think.
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Date published: 7:02 am, April 1st, 2016 - 50 comments
It is our hope that revealing this previously top-secret information will both contribute to an atmosphere of open and honest politics, and reduce the incidence of injury amongst dirty politics insiders.
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Date published: 6:00 am, April 1st, 2016 - 55 comments
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Date published: 6:00 pm, March 31st, 2016 - 18 comments
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Date published: 10:50 am, March 31st, 2016 - 27 comments
Labour joins the campaign to double our refugee quota.
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Date published: 10:37 am, March 31st, 2016 - 82 comments
Welcome signs of new realism on drugs. Sadly, it’s the sort of progress only a right-wing government can propose.
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Date published: 9:42 am, March 31st, 2016 - 67 comments
Flogging off Kiwibank is not an option.
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Date published: 8:00 am, March 31st, 2016 - 117 comments
Labour’s discussion of a possible UBI is still generating debate.
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Date published: 6:00 am, March 31st, 2016 - 68 comments
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Date published: 6:01 pm, March 30th, 2016 - 84 comments
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Date published: 1:34 pm, March 30th, 2016 - 27 comments
Yesterday a “host” of students marched to the Beehive with a petition of calling for all freshwater in New Zealand to be swimmable.
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Date published: 11:27 am, March 30th, 2016 - 31 comments
Evidence of growing poverty hitting “mid-decile” schools.
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Date published: 7:04 am, March 30th, 2016 - 181 comments
Is our political culture getting more angry and aggressive? If so, why?
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