Reti secretly wants to privatise Health

Shane Reti has said publicly that privatising health is not his overt policy. Which suggests strongly that it is his covert policy, especially given that he wants to increase the relationship with and outsourcing to private operators.

Open mike 30/11/2024

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Daily review 29/11/2024

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Open mike 29/11/2024

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Economy Nose Dives

The economy is tanking and Treasury has downgraded the forecasts again after “the government inherited finances in better shape than expected” in January. So who is Nicola Willis blaming, and Winston Peters too?

Daily review 28/11/2024

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Open mike 28/11/2024

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Daily review 27/11/2024

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National’s dodgy health announcements

National yesterday made great fanfare about an extra $30 million being spent on doctors and nurses. But news today of 1,500 health job cuts in the pipeline clearly shows how the extra funds are to be sourced.

Open mike 27/11/2024

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Daily review 26/11/2024

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Open mike 26/11/2024

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Daily review 25/11/2024

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Open mike 25/11/2024

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END GAME

What is the game plan for the Coalition government? What characteristics can we observe and what is the “end game?”

Open mike 24/11/2024

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Open mike 23/11/2024

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Daily review 22/11/2024

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Open mike 22/11/2024

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Daily review 21/11/2024

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The Left Trumped?

We woke up last week to the post-mortem on the US election. How and why Trump won, and their implications for political alignments everywhere, are front and centre. A fundamental issue, explicitly identified when Trump won in 2016, is the presence of large sections of the working class vote into the Trump camp. So why has that happened – again?

Open mike 21/11/2024

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Daily review 20/11/2024

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On the whining and treason of David Seymour

In recent days, David Seymour has been whining that no-one is seriously debating his stupid little bill to supposedly try to redefine what the Treaty means. But it is the constitutional arrangements of this country that this bill attacks. The bill is essentially treasonous. It also isn’t worth debating. Prepare against a dictatorship of the executive.

Open mike 20/11/2024

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Daily review 19/11/2024

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The great gaslighter

In the gaslight to end gaslights David Seymour is suggesting that anyone opposed to his Treaty Principles Bill is also opposed to fundamental human rights.

Open mike 19/11/2024

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Daily review 18/11/2024

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Open mike 18/11/2024

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