Daily review 02/10/2024
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He is wealthy and he is sorted
“You just fake it until you make it. I have spent a whole career doing that” – Christopher Luxon.
NZ Right Wing Government Moves to Privatise Health
The National-ACT-NZ First government have signaled they want to privatise our health system. It’s a now or never moment.
Open mike 02/10/2024
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Daily review 01/10/2024
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When will Costello be sacked?
Casey Costello’s decision to give Phillip Morris a $216 million tax cut was based on alternative advice that she has received but which she is not disclosing. And Christopher Luxon is comfortable with this.
Open mike 01/10/2024
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Daily review 30/09/2024
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Submit as if your grandkids’ lives depend on it
The Government plans to smash through the reintroduction of off shore oil and gas drilling under some urgency and has given the people of New Zealand only five days to submit.
Open mike 30/09/2024
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Open mike 29/09/2024
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The Hospital Dunedin needs?
The question has to be asked, can we trust National to do anything that it has promised?
Open mike 28/09/2024
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Daily review 27/09/2024
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Open mike 27/09/2024
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Daily review 26/09/2024
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Bye, Bye Health!
NZ has already spent $1bn on thin air (Kiwirail ferries), $70bn on roads, and $35bn on tax cuts so no to your hospitals and investments!
Ferry ferry quite contrary
There appears to be an impasse in the Coalition’s ranks with Act and National not wanting rail enabled replacement ferries but Winston Peters demanding that they be rail enabled.
Open mike 26/09/2024
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Luxon is deconstructing the plane while flying it
What I’m saying to you is that Chris Luxon has never crashed a country before.
Daily review 25/09/2024
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Open mike 25/09/2024
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Daily review 24/09/2024
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Open mike 24/09/2024
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Daily review 23/09/2024
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The New Zealand left are in the worst place in a century
New Zealand has the most right wing government it’s had since Governor George Grey determined to eradicate all Maori power by systematic war and then systematic legislative theft in 1863. But the left shows no sign of unifying.
Open mike 23/09/2024
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On Labour’s Enduring and Unrelenting Historic Role
Nigel Haworth argues that the 2012 reforms of the Labour Party created a perverse effect. Not to engender stronger member voice, but to empower a managerial model akin to a Piketty’s Brahmin caste. It weakened the Party’s ability to act strongly at arms length of Caucus and Parliamentary Leader.
Open mike 22/09/2024
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Open mike 21/09/2024
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Daily review 20/09/2024
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Luxon loses his cool when asked about doctoring gang membership statistics
On the same day that National had Parliament pass onerous anti gang laws to address allegedly dramatically increasing numbers of gang members Christopher Luxon lost his cool when it was pointed out to him that the Government is purging the list to reduce the numbers.
Open mike 20/09/2024
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Daily review 19/09/2024
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Lester Levy, $320,000 Part time Health NZ Commissioner: “It’s not for me to fix everything”
Lester Levy claims he is working so hard it’s probably not good for his health. Meanwhile, he failed to bring financials to the Health Select Committee while explaining he was doing well on cutting costs – and would continue to do so.
New Zealand treats the wealthy better than comparable nations
A recently Tax Justice Aotearoa study suggests that the country could impse a capital gains tax or wealth tax and the wealthy would still be better off than they would be in similar countries.