USUKAs
US Undersecretary of State Bonnie Jenkins is in Wellington this week with a hard sell for us on AUKUS Pillar 2 wunderwaffen maybes. We should say tai hoa.
Dune 2 and Gaza
What if life followed fiction and Gaza was explained by Dune 2? Sigh. It isn’t.
Open mike 03/03/2024
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Open mike 02/03/2024
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Daily review 01/03/2024
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Who is treating taxpayers as an ATM?
It has been revealed that Christopher Luxon receives $52,000 a year from the taxpayer to pay for him staying in his own apartment. Update within the space of an hour he has said that it was his entitlement but then said that he will pay the money back.
Open mike 01/03/2024
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Daily review 29/02/2024
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What does the Government have against Maori health?
National spent much of yesterday ramming through under urgency and without a select committee process two measures which will have detrimental effects on Māori health.
Newshub Closes
One can hate the mainstream media but OMG you sure will miss it when it’s gone.
Open mike 29/02/2024
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Daily review 28/02/2024
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Guns and gangs
The Government has announced yet another tough on gangs policy involving a severe restriction on the rights of freedom of expression at the same time that gun ownership laws will be liberalised.
Open mike 28/02/2024
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Daily review 27/02/2024
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Open mike 27/02/2024
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Daily review 26/02/2024
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Open mike 26/02/2024
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What’s Left?
From Election 2023’s result through to February 2024 there has been massive loss and damage to the Parliamentary capacity of Labour and Greens. Who still has the capacity to lead? What’s left?
About the promoters electoral returns
The Electoral Commission has released the major promoters’ electoral returns. These show significant amounts of money being spent on getting Labour unelected but give no detail about how the campaigns were funded.
Open mike 25/02/2024
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The problem with corporate money in electorate campaigns
The 2023 candidate election returns have released and it has emerged that Bathurst Resources Ltd contributed $32,600 to Patrick Phelps, who ran a spoiler campaign against Damian O’Connor in West Coast Tasman.
Open mike 24/02/2024
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Daily review 23/02/2024
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Open mike 23/02/2024
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Daily review 22/02/2024
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Open mike 22/02/2024
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Daily review 21/02/2024
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RIP Efeso Collins
Very sad news today with news of Fa’anana Efeso Collins’ untimely death.
Go well Grant Robertson
Yesterday it was announced that Grant Robertson was leaving politics.
Open mike 21/02/2024
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Daily review 20/02/2024
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Bene bashing 6.0
So what does National do when its minor support party tries to steal media attention with dog whistling racism? It reverts to some good old beneficiary bashing.
Open mike 20/02/2024
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About the One News Poll
The latest One News Verian poll suggests that there has been absolutely no honeymoon for the Government.
Daily review 19/02/2024
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