Open mike 31/03/2024
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Open mike 30/03/2024
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The Culture War Coalition
We have just had yet another week of the Government manufacturing culture wars and picking fights while ignoring the big issues. Like dealing with climate change, child poverty and homelessness.
Open mike 29/03/2024
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Daily review 28/03/2024
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Open mike 28/03/2024
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Daily review 27/03/2024
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NZ Initiative – tax cuts are silly at present. I have to agree.
I don’t agree with people from New Zealand Initiative often. Mostly I just growl. But Oliver Hartwich who is the Initiative’s Executive Director wrote a article in The Australian “Christopher Luxon’s challenge for NZ economy: fiscal discipline or tax cuts”. Hard to find anyone aware of the current recession who could disagree outside of a small political minority in the National caucus.
CANA: Shane Jones, Chris Bishop, and Simeon Brown want the power to authorise mines and motorways on behalf of their mates with the click of a pen. Here’s how to fight back.
In reality, the Government knows that New Zealanders will be even more outraged if they see the list of environment- and climate-wrecking projects that these Ministers and their donor & industry mates have cooked up.
Open mike 27/03/2024
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Daily review 26/03/2024
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Open mike 26/03/2024
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Daily review 25/03/2024
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Open mike 25/03/2024
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Chris Hipkins – Values Matter
Text of the speech delivered by Chris Hipkins delivered in Auckland today.
The GCSB revelations
RNZ has reported that a foreign agency collected signals intelligence out of the GCSB for years without ministers knowing. And the collection only stopped after the equipment broke down.
Open mike 24/03/2024
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Open mike 23/03/2024
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Daily review 22/03/2024
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F*ck
We can see NACTF’s current fuckery as being part of the same dynamic. The job cuts, mining and oil drilling, attacks on disabled people and beneficiaries, the threat to news media, stealing from the poor to give to the rich, the war on nature, all of these are contained within the climate/ecology crises, and arise out of the same condition
Open mike 22/03/2024
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Daily review 21/03/2024
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Hoatu he tumanako ki a rātou
Grant Robertson has given his valedictory speech in Parliament.
Open mike 21/03/2024
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Daily review 20/03/2024
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This is what happens when you give landlords a big tax cut #1
No funds to continue to give families of disabled people
Peters gets knocked down but may not get up again
Chumbawamba have threatened legal action against Winston Peters for NZ First’s use of their song “I get knocked down” and have described him as having divisive, small-minded, and bigoted policies.
Open mike 20/03/2024
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Daily review 19/03/2024
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Uber Drivers in Court of Appeal
Uber Drivers are in the Court of Appeal today. Uber is appealing against Employment Court decision they they are employees with worker rights. Its a no-brainer, so they are and should have them.
Open mike 19/03/2024
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Daily review 18/03/2024
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Tell Auckland Council don’t privatise the Port
The Maritime Union of New Zealand has set up an online petition urging Auckland Council not to privatise Auckland Port and also a very helpful web page allowing people to make submissions on Auckland Council’s draft long term plan, where the privatisation proposal is being considered.
Open mike 18/03/2024
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Open mike 17/03/2024
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Amateur hour
Government members of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee have managed to vote to support a Labour amendment that would make electric vehicles more attractive but submit a report to Parliament that suggested that the amendment had been lost.