Open mike 16/03/2024
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Daily review 15/03/2024
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National’s Overseas Gambling Levy policy figures are not rock solid
The IRD has estimated that National’s proposed Overseas Gambling Levy Policy will bring in $500 million less than it promised during the election campaign.
Open mike 15/03/2024
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Daily review 14/03/2024
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Luxon on rents – another National economic idiot
I was incredulous that this lummox Christopher Luxon had ever paid attention during even a basic economics course. Landlords aren’t going to pass any cost reductions on to tenants in rent values. They charge new tenants the rental rates that the market can bear. In the absence of significiant new housing or a reduction in population, that is directly related to what tenants can afford to pay
Open mike 14/03/2024
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Daily review 13/03/2024
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Rock Solid Financial Geniuses
The right has this belief that they are economic geniuses. Occasionally this belief is shown to be faulty. Like this week when National’s costings for tax cuts to Landlords was $800 million more than previously estimated.
Catherine, Princess of Wales
meanwhile…
Open mike 13/03/2024
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Daily review 12/03/2024
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Open mike 12/03/2024
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Daily review 11/03/2024
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Tax cuts for landlords will not reduce rents
Recently the Government has been working out how to cut funding for school lunches for poor kids while at the same time it has also announced that it will restore interest deductibility for landlords.
Open mike 11/03/2024
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Chloe Swarbrick’s first words as new Green Party Co-Leader
In her first speech as Green Party Co-Leader, Swarbrick brings the party’s Charter to the fore, and talks about mobilising citizens to be part of democracy.
Vale, Magista
Respects to the falling of the Rt Hon Jonathan Hunt.
Open mike 10/03/2024
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“Deliberate nuclear use
in a war over Taiwan” is the title of an Atlantic Council paper produced last September. They mean nuclear weapons. These are serious people; Undersecretary Bonnie Jenkins addressed them last year about AUKUS.
News and New Zealand Democracy
How do we prevent the decline of broadcast tv news being a deep wound to our democracy?
Open mike 09/03/2024
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Luxon crashes in latest Curia poll
The Atlas aligned Taxpayer’s Union has released its latest Curia poll results. And the results are bad news for Christopher Luxon.
Daily review 08/03/2024
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Open mike 08/03/2024
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Daily review 07/03/2024
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Open letter to Judge Glubb
… the assault had the very real potential to cause serious, possibly fatal injuries.
That fact should have featured in your sentencing, if only to use the opportunity to send a message to all men who punch women, and to young men who punch anyone in the head but especially old women, that it is an extremely dangerous act.
Open mike 07/03/2024
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Daily review 06/03/2024
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Open mike 06/03/2024
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Daily review 05/03/2024
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Let them eat cake
David Seymour has stated that funding for free school lunches will be cut by up to half.
Open mike 05/03/2024
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Daily review 04/03/2024
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Where is Melissa Lee?
The New Zealand media sector has been in turmoil during the past week. But Broadcasting Minister has refused to publicly discuss what is happening or what her government proposes to do about it.
Open mike 04/03/2024
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